Polites baracoa

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Polites baracoa
Baracoa Skipper - Polites baracoa, Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida (38201399675).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polites
Species:
P. baracoa
Binomial name
Polites baracoa
(Lucas, 1857)
Synonyms [2]
  • Pamphila amadis Herrich-Schäffer, 1863

Polites baracoa, known generally as the baracoa skipper or little tawny edge skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The MONA or Hodges number for Polites baracoa is 4040. [5]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Polites baracoa:

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Polites baracoa Baracoa Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Polites baracoa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Polites baracoa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Polites baracoa" . Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading