Polites (butterfly)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Hesperiinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Polites Higher classification Hesperiini Order Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications Polites peckius, Polites themistocles, Polites mystic

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

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:

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:

Polites vibex (Geyer, [1832]) – whirlabout

Unnamed species group:

Polites baracoa (Lucas, 1857) – Baracoa skipper

Polites bittiae Lindsey, 1925

Polites vibicoides de Jong, 1983

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