Polygonus leo

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: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Telemiadina
Genus: Polygonus
Species: Polygonus leo
Subspecies (5): P. l. arizonensis –P. l. hagar –P. l. histrio –P. l. leo –P. l. pallida

Name

Polygonus leo (Gmelin, [1790])

Type locality: America.

Typus: Lectotype, Zoologisk Museum Københavns Universitet, (Holland) images.

Synonymy

• Papilio amyntas Fabricius, 1775: 533 (preocc. Papilio amyntas Poda, 1761).
• Papilio leo Gmelin, [1790]: 2363.
• Astraptes lividus Hübner, [1819]: 103 (nomen nudum).
• Polygonus Lividus Hübner, [1825]: pl. 144, Figs. 1-4.
• Polygonus leo (Gmelin); Glassberg 2007: 159; Lepindex.
• Polygonus leo leo Evans, 1952: 54.
• Polygonus leo ishmael Evans, 1952: 54; unnecessary replacement name.

References

• 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. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Glassberg, J., 2007. A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books inc. 266pp. Reference page. 
• Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars V. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 2225-3020. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1806–1838. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg. 3 volumes. Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3 (for others see Zuträge). Reference page. 
• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 

Links

Lepindex; BoA.