Polygonus leo
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polygonus |
| Species: | P. leo
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonus leo (Gmelin, 1790)
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Polygonus leo, the hammock skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
The MONA or Hodges number for Polygonus leo is 3872.[4]
Subspecies[]
These seven subspecies belong to the species Polygonus leo:
- Polygonus leo arizonensis (Skinner, 1911)
- Polygonus leo histrio Röber, 1925
- Polygonus leo ishmael Evans, 1952
- Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
- Polygonus leo lividus Hübner, 1825
- Polygonus leo pallida Röber, 1925
- Polygonus leo savigny Latreille, 1824
References[]
- ^ "Polygonus leo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Polygonus leo". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Polygonus leo species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Polygonus leo". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading[]
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links[]
Media related to Polygonus leo at Wikimedia Commons
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