Biology:Polygonus leo

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Polygonus leo
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polygonus
Species:
P. leo
Binomial name
Polygonus leo
(Gmelin, 1790)

Polygonus leo, the hammock skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[4]

  • Polygonus leo arizonensis (Skinner, 1911)
  • Polygonus leo pallida Röber, 1925
  • Polygonus leo histrio Röber, 1925
  • Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Polygonus leo hagar Evans, 1952

References

  1. "Polygonus leo Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=706822. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  2. "Polygonus leo". https://www.gbif.org/species/1950044. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  3. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (13): Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMID 30877254. Bibcode2019PNAS..116.6232L. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13856544 entry