Species: Polites sonora siris

Dog Star Skipper
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Mandibulata
    Class

    Insecta

    Order

    Lepidoptera

    Family

    Hesperiidae

    Genus

    Polites

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hesperiidae - Polites
    Short General Description
    A small (less than 3 cm wingspan) tan butterfly.
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4T3
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2006-06-29
    Global Status Last Changed
    1998-09-30
    Other Status

    SC

    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?US.CA=SNR&US.OR=SNR&US.WA=S2" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    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).
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