Panthiades bitias

Panthiades bitias is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon and Suriname.

Panthiades bitias
P. b. bitias male, Anton Valley, Panama
P. b. bitias female, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Panthiades
Species:	P. bitias
Binomial name
Panthiades bitias (Cramer, [1777])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio bitias Cramer, 1777 Papilio syncellus Stoll, 1780 Thecla eribaea Hewitson, 1867 Thecla syncellus sierrae Dyar, 1916 Thecla deserta Draudt, 1918