Species: Polites sonora siris
Dog Star Skipper
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Polites
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hesperiidae - Polites
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small (less than 3 cm wingspan) tan butterfly.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4T3
Global Status Last Reviewed
2006-06-29
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-30
Other Status
SC
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
The subspecies is found east of the Cascades. Depending on taxonomy used by the author, the range extends north from central CA to the central Puget Sound and southern Olympics (Pyle 2002, Hinchliff 1996), from CA through the Puget Sound and northern Olympics (Guppy and Shepard 2001) or from CA through coastal BC (Scott 1986).