Panthiades bitias

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])
Synonyms
Papilio bitias Cramer, 1777 Papilio syncellus Stoll, 1780 Thecla eribaea Hewitson, 1867 Thecla syncellus sierrae Dyar, 1916 Thecla deserta Draudt, 1918

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.