Polites mardon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Polites
Species: Polites mardon

Name

Polites mardon W.H. Edwards, 1881.

Type localityː "Mt. Hood" recte Tenino Prairie, Thurston County, Washigton per Brown & Miller, 1980.

Typusː Lectotype ♂, CMNH, designated by Brown & Miller, 1985ː 54.

Synonymy

Pamphila mardon Edwards, 1881ː 47.
Polites mardon (Edwards); Brown & Miller, 1980ː 53; Bridges, 1994aː VIII.135, IX.50; Mattoon & Emmelx2, 1998ː .

References

  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Mattoon, S., Emmel, J.F. & Emmel, T., 1998. The distribution of Polites mardon (Lep. Hesperiidae) in North America, and a Description of a New Subspecies from Southern Oregon. In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 65: 767-774. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mardon skipper
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