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Species Polites draco - Draco Skipper - Hodges#4039

Brown and orange butterfly--Polites sabuleti? - Polites draco

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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 draco (Draco Skipper - Hodges#4039)

Hodges Number

4039

Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2005 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:47am

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