Polygonus leo

Polygonus leo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Polygonus
Species:	P. leo
Binomial name
Polygonus leo (Gmelin, 1790)

Polygonus leo, the hammock skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.^[1][2][3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[4]

• Polygonus leo arizonensis (Skinner, 1911)
• Polygonus leo pallida Röber, 1925
• Polygonus leo histrio Röber, 1925
• Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
• Polygonus leo hagar Evans, 1952

References

1. "Polygonus leo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Polygonus leo". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Polygonus leo species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

External links

• Media related to Polygonus leo at Wikimedia Commons