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Poanes
Male Zabulon Skipper, Megan McCarty114.jpg
Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
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Hesperiinae
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Poanes

(Scudder, 1872)
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Poanes is a genus of butterflies. The species are native to North America, Central America, and South America.

Species

  • Poanes aaroni Skinner, 1890 – Aaron's Skipper or Saffron Skipper
  • Poanes azin Draudt, 1924
  • Poanes benito Freeman, 1979 – Benito's Skipper
  • Poanes hobomok Harris, 1862 – Hobomok Skipper
  • Poanes inimica Butler & Druce, 1872 – Yellow-stained Skipper
  • Poanes macneilli Burns, 1992 – Macneill's Skipper
  • Poanes massasoit Scudder, 1863 – Mulberry Wing
  • Poanes melane Edwards, 1869 – Umber Skipper
  • Poanes monticola Godman, 1900 – Oyamel Skipper
  • Poanes niveolimbus Mabille, 1889 – Snow-fringed Skipper
  • Poanes taxiles Edwards, 1881 – Golden Skipper
  • Poanes ulphila Plötz, 1883 – Ulphila Skipper
  • Poanes viator Edwards, 1865 – Broad-winged Skipper
  • Poanes yehl Skinner, 1893 – Yehl Skipper
  • Poanes zabulon Boisduval & Le Conte, 1837 – Zabulon Skipper
  • Poanes zachaeus Plötz, 1883 – Zachaeus Skipper
  • Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN: 0-945417-28-4
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