Polites (butterfly)
Polites | |
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Tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles), male | |
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Subfamily: | Hesperiinae
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Genus: | Polites Scudder, 1872
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Hedone (Scudder, 1872) |
Polites is a genus of North American butterflies of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).
Species[]
Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]
The themistocles species group:
- Polites draco (W.H. Edwards, 1871) – draco skipper
- Polites mardon (W.H. Edwards, 1881) – Mardon skipper, Cascades skipper or little Oregon skipper
- MacNeill, 1993
- Polites peckius (W. Kirby, 1837) – Peck's skipper or yellowpatch skipper
- Polites sabuleti (Boisduval, 1852) – sandhill skipper or saltgrass skipper
- Polites themistocles (Latreille, 1824) – tawny-edged skipper
The origenes species group:
- Polites mystic (W.H. Edwards, 1863) – long dash skipper
- Polites origenes (Fabricius, 1793) – crossline skipper
- (Plötz, 1882)
- (Mabille, 1891)
- Polites sonora (Scudder, 1872) – Sonoran skipper
The rhesus species group:
- Polites carus (Edwards, 1883) – desert gray skipper, Carus skipper
- Polites rhesus (W.H. Edwards, 1878) – Rhesus skipper
- (Plötz, 1883)
The vibex species group:
- Polites vibex (Geyer, [1832]) – whirlabout
Unnamed species group:
- Polites baracoa (Lucas, 1857) – Baracoa skipper
- Lindsey, 1925
- de Jong, 1983
References[]
External links[]
- Grass Skippers, Butterflies and Moths of North America
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Polites (butterfly)
- Butterflies of North America
- Hesperiidae genera
- Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder