Polythrix

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Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Scientific name Polythrix Rank Genus

Similar Codatractus, Chioides, Butterflies and moths, Cogia, Spathilepia

Polythrix is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Species

asine species group

Polythrix asine (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico to Nicaragua to Peru

Polythrix roma Evans, 1952 Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru

Polythrix hirtius (Butler, 1870) Venezuela

Polythrix gyges Evans, 1952 Venezuela, Peru

Polythrix mexicanus Freeman, 1969 Mexico, Texas

octomaculata species group

Polythrix auginus (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico, Guyana, Guyane, Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)

Polythrix caunus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Mexico, Paraguay

Polythrix ceculus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Brazil (Rio de Janeiro),

Polythrix eudoxus (Stoll, 1781) Suriname

Polythrix kanshul Shuey, 1991 Mexico, Panama

Polythrix maizae Hellebuyck, 1998 Nicaragua

Polythrix metallescens (Mabille, 1888) Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)

Polythrix minvanes (Williams, 1926) Brazil (Mato Grosso)

Polythrix octomaculata (Sepp, [1844]) Mexico, Guatemala to Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Argentina

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