Potamanaxas

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

Potamanaxas
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
  • Potamanax Watson, 1893

Species
  • Potamanaxas andraemon (Mabille, 1898)
  • Potamanaxas bana Bell, 1956
  • Potamanaxas effusa (Draudt, 1922)
  • Potamanaxas flavofasciata (Hewitson, 1870)
  • Potamanaxas frenda Evans, 1953
  • Potamanaxas hirta (Weeks, 1901)
  • Potamanaxas laoma (Hewitson, 1870)
  • Potamanaxas latrea (Hewitson, 1875)
  • Potamanaxas melicertes (Godman & Salvin, [1895])
  • Potamanaxas paralus (Godman & Salvin, [1895])
  • Potamanaxas quira Bell, 1956
  • Potamanaxas thestia (Hewitson, 1870)
  • Potamanaxas thoria (Hewitson, 1870)
  • Potamanaxas tunga Bell, 1956
  • Potamanaxas unifasciata (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Potamanaxas xantholeuce (Mabille, 1888)

References
  1. Potamanaxas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Bell, E.L., 1956: Descriptions of some new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1778: 1-13. Full article: .


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