Polites mystic

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 mystic
Subspecies: P. m. dacotah –P. m. mystic

Name

Polites mystic W.H. Edwards, 1863

Type localityː USA, New Hampshire, White Mountains.

Typusː Neotype, CMNH

Synonymy

★Hesperia mystic Edwards, 1863ː 15, Pl.1 Figs 3 ♂, 4 ♀.
★Thymelicus mystic nubbs Scudder, 1889ː 1707.
★Polites mystic mystic (Edwards); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.150, IX.50.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Edwards, W.H., 1863. Descriptions of certain species of diurnal lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British North America, 1. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia 2: 14-22. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1889. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada, with Special Reference to New England. Vol. II. Lycaenidae, Papilionidae, Hesperidae. Scudder, Cambridge: 767–1774. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Long dash