Polites sabuleti chusca

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 sabuleti
Subspecies: Polites sabuleti chusca

Name

Polites sabuleti chusca Edwards, 1873.

Type localityː USA, Arizona

Typusː Holotype in CMNH, figured by W. Holland (1931): pl. 53, fig. 18 ♂ .

Synonymy

★Hesperia chusca Edwards, 1873: 346.
★=Polites sabuleti sabuleti Boisduval; Evans, [1955]: 331.
★=Polites sabuleti var. comstocki Gunder, 1925: 7-8, pl.1, figs. 4,5 ♂ Dorsal Ventral, 5, 5a ♀.
★Polites sabuleti chusca (Edwards); Brown & Miller (1980), 106: 54, fig. 8 ♂ ; Bridges, 1994: VIII.48; Lamas, 2004: 77.; Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998ː 201-202, figs. 1,2 ♂, 3,4 ♀.

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.
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., 1873. Descriptions of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4(4): 343–348. Reference page.
Emmel, T.C. (Ed.), 1998: Systematics of Western North American Butterflies, 878 pages, Mariposa Press. 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.

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