Potamanaxas thestia

Potamanaxas thestia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Potamanaxas
Species: P. thestia
Binomial name
Potamanaxas thestia
(Hewitson, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea thestia Hewitson, 1870
  • Potomanaxas thestia cranda Evans, 1953

Potamanaxas thestia, the thestia skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama[2] and Ecuador.

Subspecies

  • Potamanaxas thestia thestia (Ecuador)
  • Potamanaxas thestia cranda Evans, 1953 (Costa Rica, Panama)

References

  1. ↑ Potamanaxas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Potamanaxas thestia cranda at Butterflies of America


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