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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 » Poanes » Broad-winged Skipper - Hodges#4064 (Poanes viator)

Species Poanes viator - Broad-winged Skipper - Hodges#4064

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet 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
Genus Poanes
Species viator (Broad-winged Skipper - Hodges#4064)
Hodges Number
4064
Explanation of Names
Poanes viator (W. H. Edwards, 1865)
Range
curiously disjunct e. US range: Map (MPG),(1)
Habitat
primarily breeds in marshy habitats (1)
Food
common reed, wild rice (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Works Cited
1.Butterflies of Houston and southeast Texas.
John Tveten & Gloria Tveten. 1996. University of Texas Press, Austin. xii + 292 pp.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 9 July, 2005 - 1:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:45am

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