Potamanaxas

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Potamanaxas
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Potamanaxas thoria. Río Alpayacu, Mera, Ecuador.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Pyrginae
Tribe:
Erynnini
Genus:
Potamanaxas

Lindsey, 1925 [1]
Synonyms
  • PotamanaxWatson, 1893

Potamanaxas is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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Species

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References

  1. ↑ Potamanaxas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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