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Polites themistocles (Tawny-edged Skipper)

Synonyms: Hesperia ahaton; Hesperia cernes; Hesperia phocion (heterotypic); Hesperia themistocles; Polites turneri

Wikipedia Abstract

Polites themistocles, the tawny-edged skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
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Infraspecies

Polites themistocles themistocles (Small Skipper)
Polites themistocles turneri

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.906 inches (.023 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States

Prey / Diet

Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0