Polites origenes

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 origenes
Subspeciesː P. o. origenes –P. o. rhena

Name

Polites origenes (Fabricius, 1793)

Type localityː "Indiis"; possibly New England

Typusː "lost" per Bridges, 1994.

Synonymy

♦ Hesperia (Urbicola) origenes Fabricius, 1793ː 328.
♦ Hesperia manataaqua Scudder, 1864: 175, Pl.10 Fig.28. TL: “Massachusetts...Georgia” Syntypes (#15303) in MCZ. Synonymy in Evans, [1955]ː 328.
♦ Polites origenes origenes (Fabricius); Evans, [1955]ː 328; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.164, 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., 1878. Descriptions of New Species of North American Lepidoptera. Field and Forest 3(7/8): 115-119; 142-144. 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. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H., [1863]. A list of the butterflies of New England. Proceedings of the Essex Institute, (1860-1863)ː 3, 161-179. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H. 1889. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada, with Special Reference to New England. Vol. III. Appendix, Plates. Scudder, Cambridge: 1775–1958, pl. 1–89. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

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