Polygonus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Telemiadina
Genus: Polygonus
Species: P. leo – P. pardus – P. punctus –P. savigny

See also Zhang et al., 2023i, where several former subspecies of P. leo then elevated to valid species.

Name

Polygonus Hübner, [1825]: pl. 144.

Type species: Polygonus lividus, recte leo Hübner, [1825], by monotypy.

Synonyms

Acolastus Scudder, 1872: 71 (preocc. Acolastus Gerstaecker, 1855 [Coleoptera]). Invalid, see Evans, 1952: 53 & Hemming, 1967: 22.
- Type species: Hesperia savigny Latreille, [1824]: 741, by original designation.
Nennius Kirby, [1902]: 105 (Superfluous replacement name for Polygonus Hübner, [1825], see Hemming, 1967: 308).
- Type species: Polygonus lividus Hübner, [1825].

References

Bell, E.L. & Comstock, W.P. 1948. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of American Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1379: 1–23. PDF. 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.
Grishin, N.V. 2019. Expanded phenotypic diagnoses for 24 recently named new taxa of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). The Taxonomic Report 8(1): 1–15. PDF. Reference page.
Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1806–1838. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg. 3 volumes. Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3 (for others see Zuträge). Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1824. Notice sur un nouveau genre d'Aranéides. Annales des sciences naturelles 3: 23–27. Reference page.
Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H., Song, L., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2023. Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-26. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Butterflies of America; Lepindex