Polites mystic

Polites mystic

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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 mystic
Subspecies: P. m. dacotah –P. m. mystic

Name

Polites mystic W.H. Edwards, 1863

Type localityː USA, New Hampshire, White Mountains.

Typusː Neotype, CMNH

Synonymy

★Hesperia mystic Edwards, 1863ː 15, Pl.1 Figs 3 ♂, 4 ♀.
★Thymelicus mystic nubbs Scudder, 1889ː 1707.
★Polites mystic mystic (Edwards); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.150, IX.50.

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. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1863. Descriptions of certain species of diurnal lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British North America, 1. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia 2: 14-22. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H. 1889. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada, with Special Reference to New England. Vol. II. Lycaenidae, Papilionidae, Hesperidae. Scudder, Cambridge: 767–1774. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Long dash