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Potamanaxas thestia

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Species of butterfly

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)
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea thestia Hewitson, 1870
  • Potomanaxas thestia cranda Evans, 1953

Potamanaxas thestia, the thestia skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama 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
Taxon identifiers
Potamanaxas thestia


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