Poanes

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.

Poanes
Broad-winged skipper (Poanes viator)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Poanes Scudder, 1872
Synonyms
Phycanassa Scudder, 1872

Species

In 2019, several species were moved from Poanes to a new genus, Lon. The species remaining in Poanes include:^[1][2]

• Poanes aaroni (Skinner, 1890) – saffron skipper
• Poanes benito Freeman, 1979 – Benito's skipper
• Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863) – mulberry wing
• Poanes viator (Edwards, 1865) – broad-winged skipper
• Poanes yehl (Skinner, 1893) – Yehl skipper
• Poanes zachaeus (Plötz, 1883) – Zachaeus skipper

Former species

• Poanes zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837]) - transferred to Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837])
• Poanes hobomok (Harris, 1862) - transferred to Lon hobomok (Harris, 1862])
• Poanes inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872) - transferred to Lon inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872])
• Poanes taxiles (Edwards, 1881) - transferred to Lon taxiles (Edwards, 1881])
• Poanes azin (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Lon azin (Godman, 1900])
• Poanes macneilli Burns, 1992 - transferred to Lon macneilli (Burns, 1992)
• Poanes ulphila (Plötz, 1883) - transferred to Lon ulphila (Plötz, 1883])
• Poanes monticola (Godman, [1900]) - transferred to Lon monticola (Godman, 1900)
• Poanes niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889) - transferred to Lon niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889)
• Poanes melane (Edwards, 1869) - transferred to Lon melane (Edwards, 1869])

References and external links

1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
2. Savela, Markku (August 17, 2013). "Poanes Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2020.