Polites sonora
| Polites sonora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polites |
| Species: | P. sonora |
| Binomial name | |
| Polites sonora (Scudder, 1872) | |
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Polites sonora, the Sonoran skipper or western long dash,[2] is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the Pacific coast of the U.S., reaching Canada only in the extreme southern interior of British Columbia.[3]
There is one generation in Canada from mid-July to mid-August in British Columbia.[3]
The larvae feed on grasses, possibly Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis).[2][3] Adults feed on nectar from flowers including white-flowered thistles.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]- P. s. sonora
- P. s. siris (Edwards, 1881) – Dog Star skipper
- P. s. utahensis (Skinner, 1911)
- P. s. flaviventris Austin, 1998
References
[edit]- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- 1 2 Polites, funet.fi
- 1 2 3 4 Sonoran Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
- ↑ "Polites sonora". explorer.natureserve.org.
External links
[edit]- Sonoran Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America
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