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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 » Southern Broken-Dash - Hodges#4046 (Polites otho)

Species Polites otho - Southern Broken-Dash - Hodges#4046

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Internet References
Southern Broken-Dash - Polites otho Dark Mystery Skipper - Polites otho - female grass skipper of some kind? - Polites otho Southern Broken Dash - Polites otho - female Southern Broken-Dash - Polites otho Southern Broken-dash? - Polites otho Southern Broken-dash - Polites otho - male Unknown orange skipper - Polites otho
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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 otho (Southern Broken-Dash - Hodges#4046)
Hodges Number
4046
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Wallengrenia otho (J. E. Smith)
Orig. Comb: Papilio otho J. E. Smith 1797
Range
se US (TX-FL-PA-KS) to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map - MPG
Season
mostly May-Oct - MPG
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 January, 2005 - 1:13am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 January, 2018 - 9:51am

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