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Polygonus (genus)

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Genus of butterflies

Polygonus
Polygonus and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Telemiadina
Genus: Polygonus
Hübner,
Synonyms
  • Acolastus Scudder, 1872
  • Nennius Kirby,

Polygonus is a genus of Nearctic and Neotropical spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Polygonus:

  • Polygonus leo (Gmelin, ) – hammock skipper – Argentina
    • P. leo leo (Gmelin, ) – Brazil to Florida, Hispaniola
    • P. leo arizonensis (Skinner, 1911) – south California, Arizona, west Texas, south New Mexico, Mexico
    • P. leo hagar Evans, 1952 – Jamaica
    • P. leo histrio Röber, 1925 – Arizona
    • P. leo pallida Röber, 1925 – Peru
  • Polygonus savigny (Latreille, ) – Manuel's skipper – St. Christoper, Montserrat, St. Barthélémy, south Florida, Antilles, Argentina, Central America, South America
    • P. savigny savigny (Latreille, ) – Brazil (Santa Catarina),
    • P. savigny punctus Bell & Comstock, 1948Saint Vincent

References

  1. Funet

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Taxon identifiers
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