Polites

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Eulepidoptera Sectio: Ditrysia Subsectio: Apoditrysia Clade: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Genus: Polites
Species: P. baracoa – P. bittiae – P. carus – P. draco – P. mardon – P. mystic – P. norae – P. origenes – P. peckius – P. pupillius – P. puxillius – P. rhesus – P. sabuleti – P. sonora – P. subreticulata – P. themistocles – P. vibex – P. vibicoides

Polites Scudder, 1872: 78.

Type species: Hesperia peckius Kirby, 1837: 300, pl.4 figs.2,3.

Polites Scudder, [1872]: 78.
Hedone Scudder, [1872]: 79; TS: Hesperia brettus Boisduval & Le Conte; synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 77.
Limochores Scudder, 1872: 80; TS: Hesperia manataaqua Scudder; synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 77.
Pyrrhosidia Scudder, 1874: 346 TS: Hesperia mystic Edwards; synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 77.
Chaerephon Godman, [1900]: 474 (preocc. Dobson, 1878); TS: Pamphila citrus Mabille; synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 77.
Poanopsis Godman, [1900]: 486; TS: Pamphila puxillius Mabille; synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 77.
Yvretta Hemming, 1935; Stylops 4 (1): 3 (replacement name for Chaerephon Godman, [1900]); TS: Papmphila citrus Mabille.

Choerephon, Mabille, 1904; Chaerophon, Hayward, 1941; Limnocheres, Keferstein, 1874; Limnochares, Kirby, 1876; Limophores, Weeks, 1901; Limochroes, Dyar, 1902; Limochoris, Watson, 1946; Pyrrhosydia, Evans, 1955; Pyrrhosia, Warren, 2000; Potytes, Engel, 1908; Politas, Shull & Badger, 1972; Politex, Biezanko et al., 1974; Yuretta, R. G. Maza & Bezaury, 1992.

Austin, G.T. 1987. Nevada populations of Polites sabuleti and the descriptions of five new subspecies. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 109: 1–24. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Austin, G.T. 1988. Nevada populations of Polites sabuleti. II. Replacement name for Polites sabuleti pallida. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 120: 1. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Hemming, A. F., 1935a. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhopalocera. Stylops 4:1-3. Reference page.

Lamas, G. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.

Scudder, S.H. 1872. A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Academy of Sciences (1871): 24–83. Online. Reference page.

Scudder, S.H. 1874. The Species of the Lepidopterous Genus Pamphila. Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 341–353, pls. 10,11. BHL Reference page.

Shull, E.M. & F.S. Badger, 1972. Annotated List of the Butterflies of Indiana, 1971. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 26(1): 13-24. Reference page.

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