Polites carus, the carus skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.[1][2]
| Polites carus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polites |
| Species: | P. carus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polites carus (W. H. Edwards, 1883)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Polites carus is 4015.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Polites carus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Polites carus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Polites carus". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading edit
- 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.
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