Poanes

Poanes
Hobomok skipper, Poanes hobomok
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Poanes 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

Listed alphabetically:

• Poanes aaroni (Skinner, 1890) – saffron skipper
• Poanes azin (Draudt, 1924)
• Poanes benito Freeman, 1979 – Benito's skipper
• Poanes hobomok (Harris, 1862) – Hobomok skipper
• Poanes inimica (Butler & H. 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

References and external links

• "Zabulon Skipper Butterfly – Poanes zabulon". North American Insects & Spiders. Retrieved January 10, 2020.