Polites baracoa

Polites baracoa
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
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]}

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

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Polites baracoa:

• Polites baracoa baracoa(Lucas, 1857)
• Polites baracoa lomaEvnas, 1955

References

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

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 .

External links

• Media related to Polites baracoa at Wikimedia Commons