Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Polites
Species: Polites rhesus
Subspecies:
P. r. otomi –
P. r. rhesus
Name
Polites rhesus Edwards, 1878.
Type localityː USA, Southern Colorado.
Typusː Lectotype CMNH designated by F. Brown and L. Miller (1977): 274, fig.10.
Synonymy
★ Pamphila rhesus Edwards, 1878ː 116.
★ Yvretta rhesus (Edwards); Evans, [1955]ː 315.
★ Yvretta rhesus (Edwards); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.194, IX.51.
References
- Brown, F.M. and Miller, L.D. (1980). The Types of the Hesperiid Butterflies Named by W.H. Edwards. 2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 106(1): 43-89, Fig.15. Reference page.
- 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.
- Edwards, W.H., 1878. Descriptions of New Species of North American Lepidoptera. Field and Forest 3(7/8): 115-119; 142-144. Reference page.
- Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
- Warren, A.D. & Gott, R.J. 2021. A review of Polites rhesus (W. H. Edwards, 1878), with the description of a new subspecies from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(1): 11-21. Reference page.