Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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
Name
Type species: Hesperia peckius Kirby, 1837: 300, pl.4 figs.2,3.
Synonymy
- 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.
Subsequent Mis-spellings
- 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.
References
- 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.
- Godman, F.D., 1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol.II: 782pp. BHL 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.