Biology:Poanes taxiles

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Poanes taxiles
Taxiles Skipper Butterfly Upper Miller Canyon Sierra Vista AZ 2018-08-09 10-45-37 (42574963610).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Poanes
Species:
P. taxiles
Binomial name
Poanes taxiles
(W. H. Edwards, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Lon taxiles (W. H. Edwards, 1881)

Poanes taxiles, the taxiles skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Poanes taxiles is 4061.[3][4]

References

  • Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition, xiv + 540.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q14129471 entry