NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Hesperiini
  Subfamily - Hesperiinae
  Family - Hesperiidae
  Superfamily - Hesperioidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Polites baracoa
      Species - Polites carus
      Species - Polites draco
      Species - Polites mardon
      Species - Polites mystic
      Species - Polites origenes
      Species - Polites peckius
      Species - Polites rhesus
      Species - Polites sabuleti
      Species - Polites sonora
      Species - Polites subreticulata
      Species - Polites themistocles
      Species - Polites vibex