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Polites Scudder 1872

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Sonora skipper butterfly
Containing group: Hesperiini

Introduction

A widely-distributed New World genus.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Species groups for North American taxa as per Pelham (2008).

Other Names for Polites Scudder 1872

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Opler PA, and Warren AD. 2002. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific names list for butterfly species of North America, north of Mexico. Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity: 1-79.

Pelham, J. P. 2008 A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. J. Res. Lep. 40, xiii + 1-652.

Title Illustrations
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Sonora skipper butterfly
Scientific Name Polites sonora
Location North Tahoe (Plumas County, California, USA)
Comments Sonora skipper butterfly
Creator T. W. Davies
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
Scientific Name Polites peckius
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Andrew Warren
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.5.
Copyright © Bruce Marlin
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