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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Hesperiina » Polites » Baracoa Skipper - Hodges#4040 (Polites baracoa)

Species Polites baracoa - Baracoa Skipper - Hodges#4040

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)
Tribe Hesperiini
Subtribe Hesperiina
Genus Polites
Species baracoa (Baracoa Skipper - Hodges#4040)
Hodges Number
4040
Size
22-25mm wingspan
Identification
The smallest Polites skipper in the US. Underwing is olive/brown with a rounded HW spot band that is more defined in females.
Range
Florida, and also in Cuba and Hispaniola.
Habitat
Open short grass areas.
Season
March-October in northern Florida with several broods, overwinters as a larva. All year in southern Florida.
Food
Grasses
Remarks
Baracoa Skippers have an elaborate mating dance, facing each other, with antenna touching.
Print References
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Works Cited
1.Butterflies of the East Coast : An Observer's Guide
Rick Cech, Guy Tudor. 2005. Princeton University Press.
2.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.
3.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East
Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 16 March, 2005 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, tom murray
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:33am

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