Polites
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Polites
Subgenera:
P. (Polites) –
P. (Wallengrenia)
Overview Species
editP. baracoa –
P. bittiae –
P. carus –
P. draco –
P. mardon –
P. mystic –
P. norae –
P. origenes –
P. peckius –
P. pupillus –
P. puxillius –
P. rhesus –
P. sabuleti –
P. sonora –
P. subreticulata –
P. themistocles –
P. vibex –
P. vibicoides
Name
editType species: Hesperia peckius Kirby, 1837: 300, pl.4 figs.2,3.
Synonymy
edit- 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: 3 (replacement name for Chaerephon Godman, [1900]); TS: Papmphila citrus Mabille.
Subsequent Mis-spellings
edit- Choerephon, Mabille, 1904; Chaerophon, Hayward, 1941; Limnocheres, Keferstein, 1874; Limnochares, Kirby, 1876; Limophores, Weeks, 1901; Limochroes, Dyar, 1902; Limochoris, Watson F.E., 1946; Pyrrhosydia, Evans, 1955; Pyrrhosia, Warren, 2000; Polytes, Engel, 1908; Politas, Shull & Badger, 1972; Politex, Biezanko et al., 1974; Yuretta, Maza & Bezaury, 1992.
References
edit- Austin, G.T. 1987. Nevada populations of Polites sabuleti and the descriptions of five new subspecies. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 109: 1-24. 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. PDF. Reference page.
- Brown & Miller, 1977. The Types of the Hesperiid Butterflies Named by William Henry Edwards. Part II, Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae, Section I Transactions of the American Entomological Society 103 (1)ː 259-302, 27 figs. Reference page.
- Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Online. Reference page.
- Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol. II. Insecta Lepidoptera: 782 pp. Text, Plates. Reference page.
- Hemming, A. F., 1935. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhopalocera. Stylops 4: 1-3. Reference page.
- Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. 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. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. 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.