Polites baracoa
Species of butterfly
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Polites baracoa, known generally as the baracoa skipper or little tawny edge skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polites |
| Species: | P. baracoa |
| Binomial name | |
| Polites baracoa (Lucas, 1857) | |
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The MONA or Hodges number for Polites baracoa is 4040.[5]
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Polites baracoa:
- Polites baracoa baracoa (Lucas, 1857)
- Polites baracoa loma Evnas, 1955
