Polites rhesus

Taxonavigation

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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 rhesus
Subspecies: P. r. otomi – P. r. rhesus

Name

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Polites rhesus Edwards, 1878.

Type localityː USA, Southern Colorado.

Typusː Lectotype CMNH designated by F. Brown and L. Miller (1977): 274, fig.10.

Synonymy

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Pamphila rhesus Edwards, 1878ː 116.
Yvretta rhesus (Edwards); Evans, [1955]ː 315.
Yvretta rhesus (Edwards); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.194, IX.51.

References

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Butterflies of America

Vernacular names

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English: Rhesus skipper