Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Polites vibex | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Polites Rank Species | |
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Similar Panoquina ocola, Urbanus dorantes, Atalopedes campestris, Lerema accius, Wallengrenia otho | ||
Mariposas saltarina parda polites vibex
Polites vibex, the whirlabout, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is resident from the southeastern U.S. to the West Indies and Argentina, migrating northward to Ohio and Connecticut. The wingspan is 26–30 mm. It flies all year in the extreme south, and migrates north in late summer and fall.
The larvae feed on Paspalum ciliatifolium and Poaceae species.
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