Polygonus (genus)

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Polygonus
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Polygonus and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Telemiadina
Genus: Polygonus (genus)
Hübner, [1825]
Synonyms
  • AcolastusScudder, 1872
  • NenniusKirby, [1902]

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

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Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Polygonus:

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