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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Dicot Skippers (Eudaminae) » Polygonus

Genus Polygonus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Hammock Skipper - Polygonus histrio Hammock Skipper - Polygonus histrio Hammock Skipper? - Polygonus histrio which skipper? - Polygonus histrio skipper - Polygonus histrio unknown skipper butterfly - Polygonus histrio Hammock Skipper - Polygonus histrio Hammock Skipper - Polygonus arizonensis
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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 Eudaminae (Dicot Skippers)
Genus Polygonus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Polygonus arizonensis (Skinner, 1911), stat. nov.,
Polygonus histrio Röber, 1925, stat. rest.,
Polygonus pallida Röber, 1925, stat. nov., and
Polygonus hagar Evans, 1952, stat. nov. are species, not subspecies, distinct from Polygonus leo (Gmelin, [1790]) (1)
Explanation of Names
Polygonus Hübner, [1825]
Numbers
3 spp. n. of Mex. - BOA
Range
Polygonus arizonensis (Skinner, 1911) - North America Polygon - SW USA (mostly as strays) & S TX to Central America
Polygonus histrio Röber, 1925 - Florida and Cuba, some Bahamian islands
Polygonus pardus Grishin, 2023 - Spotted Polygon - S TX to Panama
Print References
Zhang, Jing, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Paul Alexander Opler and Nikolay Vyacheslav Grishin 2023b. Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-25, 22 figs. (1)
Works Cited
1.Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies.
Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, P.A. Opler and N.V. Grishin. 2023. Taxonomic Report of the international Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-25, 22 figs.
Contributed by tom murray on 18 October, 2005 - 5:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 January, 2024 - 6:52pm

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