Agathymus polingi (Skinner, 1905) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Agathymus polingi (Skinner, 1905)

Agathymus polingi (Skinner, 1905)

Agathymus polingi, or Poling's giant skipper, is a giant skipper butterfly species found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Agathymus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Agathymus polingi (Skinner, 1905)

Agathymus polingi, commonly known as Poling's giant skipper, is a species of giant skipper that belongs to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It can be found in Central America and North America. The MONA (Hodges) number for Agathymus polingi is 4143.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Agathymus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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