Taxonavigation

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Potamanaxas
Species: P. andraemon – P. bana – P. effusa – P. flavofasciata – P. frenda – P. hirta – P. laoma – P. latrea – P. louisghilli – P. melicertes – P. paralus – P. quira – P. thestia – P. thoria – P. tunga – P. unifasciata – P. xantholeuce

Name

Potamanaxas Lindsey, 1925: 98.

Type Species: Leucochitonea flavofasciata Hewitson, 1870.

References

• Bell, E.L. 1956. Descriptions of some new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1778: 1–13. PDF.Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Grishin, N.V., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2015: A cryptic new Potamanaxas (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae: Erynnini) stands out by terminally elongated genitalic valvae. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 48: 13–20. full article.Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C., 1870. Descriptions of Twenty-two new species of Equatorial Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870: 153-163. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Lindsey, A.W. 1925. The Types of Hesperioid Genera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 18(1): 75-106. Reference page. 
• Pilsbry, H.A., 1892. Notes on a Collection of Shells from the State of Tabasco, Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 44: 338-341, pl.14. Reference page. 
• Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. Reference page.