Polites (butterfly)

Polites is a genus of North American butterflies of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).

Polites
Tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles), male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Genus:
Polites

Scudder, 1872
Synonyms

Hedone (Scudder, 1872)
Limochores (Scudder, 1872)
Poanopsis (Godman, 1900)
Pyrrhosidia (Scudder, 1874)
Yvretta (Hemming, 1935)

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
  • Polites norae 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
  • Polites pupillus (Plötz, 1882)
  • Polites puxillius (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
  • Polites subreticulata (Plötz, 1883)

The vibex species group:

Unnamed species group:

  • Polites baracoa (Lucas, 1857) – Baracoa skipper
  • Polites bittiae Lindsey, 1925
  • Polites vibicoides de Jong, 1983

References
  1. Polites, funet.fi
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