Polites carus

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Polites carus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polites
Species:
P. carus
Binomial name
Polites carus
(W. H. Edwards, 1883)

Polites carus, the carus skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. [1] [2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Polites carus is 4015. [3]

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References

  1. "Polites carus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Polites carus" . Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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