Polites draco

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Polites
Species: Polites draco

Name

Polites draco W.H. Edwards, 1871

Type localityː USA, Colorado.

Typusː ♂ CMNH, designated by Brown & Miller, 1980:49.

Synonymy

★Pamphila draco Edwards, 1871ː 274.
★Polites sabuleti draco Edwards; Evans, [1955]ː 331; Brown & Miller, 1980ː 49.
★Polites draco Edwards; Brown & Miller, 1980ː 49.

References

• Brown, F.M. and Miller, L.D. (1980). The Types of the Hesperiid Butterflies Named by W.H. Edwards. 2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 106(1): 43-89, Fig.15. Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1871. Descriptions of New Species of North American Butterflies. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 3(3/4): 266-277. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 

Links

Butterflies of America

Vernacular names

English: Draco skipper