Polites peckius

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 peckius

Name

Polites peckius Kirby, W.F., 1837

Type localityː Northern Parts of British America.

Typusː repository tbc.

Synonymy

Hesperia peckius Kirby, 1837: 300, pl.4, figs.2,3 ♂.
Hesperia wamsutta Harris, 1862ː 318, fig.141. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994ː VIII.172.
☆=Polites coras (Cramer); Draudt, 1924ː 932 (mis-spelt as peckins); Evans, [1955]ː 332.
Polites peckius (Kirby); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.172, IX.51.

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. 
  • Harris, T.W. 1862. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation. Boston, William White. 640pp. Ill. BHL Reference page. 
  • Kirby, W. F., 1837. In Richardson, J., Fauna Boreali-Americana or the zoology of the northern parts of British America., Part 4, Insects. pp. 286-300, 2 pls. Norwich. Reference page. 

Butterflies of America

Vernacular names

English: Peck's skipper
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