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Poanes

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Poanes
Broad-winged skipper (Poanes viator)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Poanes
Scudder, 1872
Synonyms
  • Phycanassa Scudder, 1872

Poanes is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.

Species

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In 2019, several species were moved from Poanes to a new genus, Lon. The species remaining in Poanes include:[1][2]

Former species

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  • Poanes zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837]) - transferred to Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837])
  • Poanes hobomok (Harris, 1862) - transferred to Lon hobomok (Harris, 1862])
  • Poanes inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872) - transferred to Lon inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872])
  • Poanes taxiles (Edwards, 1881) - transferred to Lon taxiles (Edwards, 1881])
  • Poanes azin (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Lon azin (Godman, 1900])
  • Poanes macneilli Burns, 1992 - transferred to Lon macneilli (Burns, 1992)
  • Poanes ulphila (Plötz, 1883) - transferred to Lon ulphila (Plötz, 1883])
  • Poanes monticola (Godman, [1900]) - transferred to Lon monticola (Godman, 1900)
  • Poanes niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889) - transferred to Lon niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889)
  • Poanes melane (Edwards, 1869) - transferred to Lon melane (Edwards, 1869])
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  1. ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (August 17, 2013). "Poanes Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2020.