''Polites'' is a genus of North American
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
(skippers), subfamily
Hesperiinae
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
(grass skippers).
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:
''Polites''
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The ''themistocles'' species group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
:
*'' Polites draco'' (W.H. Edwards, 1871) – draco skipper
*'' Polites mardon'' (W.H. Edwards, 1881) – Mardon skipper, Cascades skipper or little Oregon skipper
*'' Polites norae'' MacNeill, 1993
*'' Polites peckius'' (W. Kirby, 1837) – Peck's skipper or yellowpatch skipper
*''Polites sabuleti
''Polites sabuleti'', the sandhill skipper or saltgrass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern British Columbia and eastern Washington, south through California and northern Arizona to Baja California and ea ...
'' (Boisduval, 1852) – sandhill skipper or saltgrass skipper
*'' Polites themistocles'' (Latreille, 1824) – tawny-edged skipper
The ''origenes'' species group:
*'' Polites mystic'' (W.H. Edwards, 1863) – long dash skipper
*'' Polites origenes'' (Fabricius, 1793) – crossline skipper
*'' Polites pupillus'' (Plötz, 1882)
*'' Polites puxillius'' (Mabille, 1891)
*''Polites sonora
''Polites sonora'', the Sonoran skipper or western long dash, '' (Scudder, 1872) – Sonoran skipper
The ''rhesus'' species group:
*'' Polites carus'' (Edwards, 1883) – desert gray skipper, Carus skipper
*'''' (W.H. Edwards, 1878) – Rhesus skipper
*'' Polites subreticulata'' (Plötz, 1883)
The ''vibex'' species group:
*'' Polites vibex'' (Geyer, 832
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Unnamed species group:
*'' Polites baracoa'' (Lucas, 1857) – Baracoa skipper
*'' Polites bittiae'' Lindsey, 1925
*'' Polites vibicoides'' de Jong, 1983
References
External links
Grass Skippers
Butterflies and Moths of North America
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Butterflies of North America
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder