Poanes
Poanes is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.
| Poanes | |
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| Broad-winged Skipper, Poanes viator | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Genus: | Poanes Scudder, 1872 |
Species
In 2019, several species were moved from Poanes to a new genus, Lon. The species remaining in Poanes include:[1][2]
- Poanes aaroni (Skinner, 1890) – saffron skipper
- Poanes benito Freeman, 1979 – Benito's skipper
- Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863) – mulberry wing
- Poanes viator (Edwards, 1865) – broad-winged skipper
- Poanes yehl (Skinner, 1893) – Yehl skipper
- Poanes zachaeus (Plötz, 1883) – Zachaeus skipper
References and external links
- Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
- Savela, Markku (August 17, 2013). "Poanes Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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