Potamanaxas Lindsey, 1925
Potamanaxas andraemon (Mabille, 1898)
-. See [maps ]
Carrhenes andraemon Mabille, 1898; ; TL : Colombia
Potamanaxas andraemon ; [NL4A] , #958
P. a. andraemon Colombia, Ecuador
Potamanaxas perornatus Hayward, 1940; ; TL : Ecuador
= Potamanaxas andraemon andraemon ; [NL4A] , #958a
Potamanaxas andraemon andraemon ; [NL4A] , #958a
P. a. forum Evans, 1953 Bolivia
andraemon forum (Evans, 1953); ; TL : Bolivia
Potomanaxas[sic] andraemon forum Evans, 1953; ; TL : Bolivia
Potamanaxas andraemon forum ; [NL4A] , #958b
P. a. fuma Evans, 1953 Peru
andraemon fuma (Evans, 1953); ; TL : Peru
Potomanaxas[sic] andraemon fuma Evans, 1953; ; TL : Peru
Potamanaxas andraemon fuma ; [NL4A] , #958c
Potamanaxas bana Bell, 1956
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Potamanaxas bana Bell, 1956; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanaxas bana ; [NL4A] , #959
Potamanaxas effusa (Draudt, 1922)
-. See [maps ]
Potamanax effusa Draudt, 1922; ; TL : Colombia
Potamanaxas effusa ; [NL4A] , #960
P. e. effusa Colombia
Potamanaxas effusa effusa ; [NL4A] , #960a
P. e. confusa (Draudt, 1922) Panama
effusa confusa (Draudt, 1922) (Potamanax ); ; TL : Panama
Potamanaxas effusa confusa ; [NL4A] , #960b
Potamanaxas flavofasciata (Hewitson, 1870)
Ecuador, Bolivia. See [maps ]
P. f. flavofasciata Ecuador
Potamanaxas flavofascea ; Williams & Hayward, 1944, (missp.)
Potamanaxas flavofasciata flavofasciata ; [NL4A] , #961a
P. f. pantra Evans, 1953 Bolivia
flavofasciata pantra (Evans, 1953); ; TL : Bolivia
flavofasciata pantra (Evans, 1953) (Potomanaxas[sic] ); ; TL : Bolivia
Potamanaxas flavofasciata pantra ; [NL4A] , #961b
Potamanaxas frenda Evans, 1953
Peru. See [maps ]
Potomanaxas[sic] frenda Evans, 1953; ; TL : Peru
Potamanaxas frenda ; [NL4A] , #962
Potamanaxas hirta (Weeks, 1901)
-. See [maps ]
Potamanaxas hirta ; [NL4A] , #963
P. h. hirta Colombia, Ecuador
Potamanax pisates Druce, 1912; ; TL : Ecuador
= Potamanaxas hirta hirta ; [NL4A] , #963a
Potamanax fassli Draudt, 1922; ; TL : Colombia
= Potamanaxas hirta hirta ; [NL4A] , #963a
Pythonides hierta ; Weeks, 1905, (missp.)
Potamanaxas hirta hirta ; [NL4A] , #963a
P. h. paphos Evans, 1953 Ecuador
Potomanaxas[sic] hirta paphos Evans, 1953; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanaxas hirta paphos ; [NL4A] , #963b
Potamanaxas laoma (Hewitson, 1870)
-. See [maps ]
Leucochitonea laoma Hewitson, 1870; ; TL : Ecuador
P. l. laoma Ecuador
Potamanaxas laona ; Salazar, 2001, (missp.)
Potamanaxas laoma laoma ; [NL4A] , #964a
P. l. cosna Evans, 1953 Bolivia
Potomanaxas[sic] laoma cosna Evans, 1953; ; TL : Bolivia
Potamanaxas laoma cosna ; [NL4A] , #964b
P. l. fumida Evans, 1953 Colombia
Potomanaxas[sic] laoma fumida Evans, 1953; ; TL : Colombia
Potamanaxas laoma fumida ; [NL4A] , #964c
P. l. trex Evans, 1953 Ecuador
Potomanaxas[sic] laoma trex Evans, 1953; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanaxas laoma trex ; [NL4A] , #964d
P. l. trigga Evans, 1953 Peru
Potomanaxas[sic] laoma trigga Evans, 1953; ; TL : Peru
Potamanaxas laoma trigga ; [NL4A] , #964e
P. l. violacea (Dognin, 1888) Ecuador
Achlyodes laoma violacea Dognin, 1888; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanaxas laoma violacea ; [NL4A] , #964f
Potamanaxas latrea (Hewitson, 1875)
-. See [maps ]
P. l. latrea Nicaragua, ...
Potamanaxas latyrea ; Steinhauser, 1975, (missp.)
Potamanaxas latrea latrea ; [NL4A] , #965a
P. l. caliadne (Godman & Salvin, [1895]) Costa Rica
Potamanaxas latrea caliadne ; [NL4A] , #965b
P. l. tusca Evans, 1953 Ecuador
Potomanaxas[sic] latrea tusca Evans, 1953; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanaxas latrea tusca ; [NL4A] , #965c
P. l. tyndarus Evans, 1953 Peru
Potomanaxas[sic] latrea tyndarus Evans, 1953; ; TL : Peru
Potamanaxas latrea tyndarus ; [NL4A] , #965d
Potamanaxas melicertes (Godman & Salvin, [1895])
Panama, Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Potamanaxas melicertes ; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 50; [NL4A] , #966
Potamanaxas paralus (Godman & Salvin, [1895])
Peru. See [maps ]
Potamanaxas paralus ; [NL4A] , #967
Potamanaxas quira Bell, 1956
Colombia. See [maps ]
Potamanaxas quira Bell, 1956; ; TL : Colombia
Potamanaxas quira ; [NL4A] , #968
Potamanaxas thestia (Hewitson, 1870)
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Leucochitonea thestia ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Leucochitonea II): [115 ], pl. [58 ], f. 12-13
Potamanaxas thestia Hewitson; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 43
Potamanaxas thestia ; [NL4A] , #969
P. t. thestia Ecuador
Potamanaxas thestia thestia ; [NL4A] , #969a
P. t. cranda Evans, 1953 Costa Rica
Potomanaxas[sic] thestia cranda Evans, 1953; ; TL : Costa Rica
Potamanaxas thestia cranda ; [NL4A] , #969b
Potamanaxas thoria (Hewitson, 1870)
Ecuador, Nicaragua. See [maps ]
Leucochitonea thoria Hewitson, 1870; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanax pammenes Godman & Salvin, [1895]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 392 , 3 pl. 86 , f. 2-3; TL : Nicaragua, Chontales
Potamanaxas pammenes ; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 50 (text)
Potamanaxas thoria ; [NL4A] , #970
Potamanaxas tunga Bell, 1956
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Potamanaxas tunga Bell, 1956; ; TL : Ecuador
Potamanaxas tunga ; [NL4A] , #971
Potamanaxas unifasciata (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua. See [maps ]
Leucochitonea unifasciata C. & R. Felder, 1867; ; TL : Colombia
Milanion marica Godman & Salvin, [1895]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 403 , 3 pl. 87 , f. 4-5; TL : Nicaragua, Chontales
Carrhenes unifasciata ; [BOW] : pl. 81, f. 26
Potamanaxas unifasciata ; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 50 (text)
Potomanaxas[sic] unifascia ; R. G. & J. Maza, 1993, (missp.)
Potamanaxas unifasciata ; [NL4A] , #972
Potamanaxas xantholeuce (Mabille, 1888)
Panama. See [maps ]
Ephyriades xantholeuce Mabille, 1888; Le Naturaliste (2) 2 : 242, f. 5; TL : Panama
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Some related literature:
Evans, 1953
A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part III. Pyrginae Section 2.
Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 3 : 246pp, pls. 26-53
Godman & Salvin, [1895]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901)
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop.
2 : 1 -782,
3 : pl. 1 -112
Hewitson, 1875
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [5]
: (Systematic Index) V ,
(Anteros): [1 -2], pl. [1 ] (1867),
(Erycina & Necyria): [3 -4], pl. [2 ] (1870),
(Erycina Symmachia &c): [5 -6], pl. [3 ] (1875),
(Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7 -8], pl. [4 ] (1872),
(Calydna): [9 -10], pl. [5 ] (1854),
(Calydna II): [11 -12], pl. [6 ] (1859),
(Theope): [13 -14], pl. [7 ] (1860),
(Symmachia): [15 -16], pl. [8 ] (1867),
(Symmachia & Charis II): [17 -18], pl. [9 ] (1871),
(Charis): [19 -20], pl. [10 ] (1866),
(Emesis): [21 -22], pl. [11 ] (1872),
(Nymphidium I): [23 -24], pl. [12 ] (1853),
(Nymphidium II-III): [25 -28], pl. [13 -14] (1865),
(Nymphidium IV): [29 -30], pl. [15 ] (1871),
(Lemonias I): [31 -32], pl. [16 ] (1853),
(Lemonias II): [33 -34], pl. [17 ] (1858),
(Lemonias III-IV): [35 -38], pl. [18 -19] (1863),
(Lemonias V): [39 -40], pl. [20 ] (1872),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [41 -42], pl. [21 ] (1875),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [43 -44], pl. [22 ] (1874),
(Pachythone & Cremna): [45 -46], pl. [23 ] (1873),
(Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47 -48], pl. [24 ] (1870),
(Limnas I-II): [49 -52], pl. [25 -26] (1853),
(Limnas & Panara): [53 -54], pl. [27 ] (1875),
(Limnas &c): [55 -56], pl. [28 ] (1876),
(Limnas & Ithomeis): [57 -58], pl. [29 ] (1870),
(Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59 -60], pl. [30 ] (1871),
(Hermathena &c): [61 -62], pl. [31 ] (1875),
(Ogyris): [63 -64], pl. [32 ] (1853),
(Pentila & Liptena): [65 -66], pl. [33 ] (1866),
(Pentila & Liptena II): [67 -68], pl. [34 ] (1873),
(Lycaena): [69 -70], pl. [35 ] (1876),
(Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71 -74], pl. [36 -37] (1857),
(Pyrrhopyga): [75 -76], pl. [38 ] (1869),
(Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77 -80], pl. [39 -40] (1871),
(Pyrrhopyga IV): [81 -82], pl. [41 ] (1873),
(Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83 -84], pl. [42 ] (1875),
(Ismene I-II): [85 -88], pl. [43 -44] (1867),
(Eudamus): [89 -90], pl. [45 ] (1873),
(Eudamus II-III): [91 -94], pl. [46 -47] (1875),
(Chaetocneme): [95 -96], pl. [48 ] (1874),
(Hesperia I-II): [97 -100], pl. [49 -50] (1867),
(Hesperia III): [101 -102], pl. [51 ] (1868),
(Hesperia IV): [103 -104], pl. [52 ] (1869),
(Hesperia V): [105 -106], pl. [53 ] (1872),
(Hesperia V*-VI): [107 -110], pl. [54 -55] (1873),
(Hesperia VII): [111 -112], pl. [56 ] (1876),
(Leucochitonea): [113 -114], pl. [57 ] (1869),
(Leucochitonea II): [115 -116], pl. [58 ] (1875),
(Pterygospidea): [117 -118], pl. [59 ] (1873),
(Cyclopides): [119 -120], pl. [60 ] (1874),
(Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121 -122], pl. [61 ] (1874)
Hewitson, 1870
Equatorial Lepidoptera collected by Mr Buckley
Equat. Lepid. Buckley
(1): 1 -16,
(2): 17 -32,
(3): 33 -48,
(4): 49 -80 (1870),
(5): 81 -96 (1877)
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Watson, 1893
A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae , with a revision of the genera
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1)
: 3 -133, pl. 1 -3
Weeks, 1901
New diurnal Lepidoptera from South America
Can. Ent. 33 (12)
: 321 -324
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