Polygonus (butterfly)

Polygonus
Polygonus and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Tribe:	Eudamini
Subtribe:	Telemiadina
Genus:	Polygonus Hübner, [1825]
Synonyms
AcolastusScudder, 1872 NenniusKirby, [1902]

Polygonus is a genus of Nearctic and Neotropical spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Polygonus:

• Polygonus leo (Gmelin, [1790]) – hammock skipper – Argentina
  • P. leo leo(Gmelin, [1790]) – Brazil to Florida, Hispaniola
  • P. leo arizonensis(Skinner, 1911) – south California, Arizona, west Texas, south New Mexico, Mexico
  • P. leo hagar Evans, 1952 – Jamaica
  • P. leo histrioRöber, 1925 – Arizona
  • P. leo pallidaRöber, 1925 – Peru
• Polygonus savigny (Latreille, [1824]) – Manuel's skipper – St. Christoper, Montserrat, St. Barthélémy, south Florida, Antilles, Argentina, Central America, South America
  • P. savigny savigny(Latreille, [1824]) – Brazil (Santa Catarina),
  • P. savigny punctusBell & Comstock, 1948 – Saint Vincent ^[1]

References

1. Funet

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Polygonus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life