Polygonus leo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Polygonus leo
Subspecies (5): P. l. arizonensis – P. l. hagar – P. l. histrio – P. l. leo – P. l. pallida
Name

Polygonus leo (Gmelin, [1790])
Synonymy

Papilio amyntas Fabricius, 1775: 533 (preocc. Papilio amyntas Poda, 1761).
Papilio leo Gmelin, [1790]: 2363.
Astraptes lividus Hübner, [1819]: 103 (nomen nudum).
Polygonus lividus Hübner, [1825]: pl. 144.
Polygonus leo (Gmelin)
Polygonus leo ishmael Evans, 1952

References

Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars V. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 2225-3020. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1806–1838. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg. 3 volumes. Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3. 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.

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]

The MONA or Hodges number for Polygonus leo is 3872.[4]

Subspecies

These seven subspecies belong to the species Polygonus leo:

Polygonus leo arizonensis (Skinner, 1911)
Polygonus leo histrio Röber, 1925
Polygonus leo ishmael Evans, 1952
Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
Polygonus leo lividus Hübner, 1825
Polygonus leo pallida Röber, 1925
Polygonus leo savigny Latreille, 1824

References

"Polygonus leo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Polygonus leo". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Polygonus leo species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"North American Moth Photographers Group, Polygonus leo". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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.