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 thestiaHewitson, 1870; Potomanaxas thestia crandaEvans, 1953;

Last updated May 03, 2019

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

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Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 5 million in a land area of 51,060 square kilometers. An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José with around 2 million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's 4 million people.

Subspecies

Potamanaxas thestia thestia (Ecuador)
Potamanaxas thestia crandaEvans, 1953 (Costa Rica, Panama)

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References

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

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[1] Potamanaxas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Potamanaxas thestia cranda at Butterflies of America