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Poanes
Poanes
is
a genus
of
skipper butterflies
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
–
saffron
skipper
Poanes azin
Poanes
benito
Freeman
,
1979
– Benito's skipper
Poanes
hobomok
–
Hobomok skipper
Poanes inimica
– yellow-stained skipper
Poanes macneilli
Burns, 1992 – Macneill's skipper
Poanes
massasoit
–
mulberry wing
Poanes melane
–
umber skipper
Poanes monticola
– oyamel skipper
Poanes niveolimbus
– snow-fringed skipper
Poanes
taxiles
– golden skipper
Poanes ulphila
– ulphila skipper
Poanes
viator
–
broad-winged skipper
Poanes yehl
–
Yehl skipper
Poanes
zabulon
–
Zabulon skipper
Poanes
zachaeus
– Zachaeus skipper