Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824)

Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824)

The hammock skipper (Polygonus leo) is a dicot skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae found across the Americas and Caribbean.

Family
Genus
Polygonus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824)

Scientific name: Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824). Polygonus leo, commonly called the hammock skipper, is a species of dicot skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This species can be found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.

Photo: (c) Martin Reith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Reith · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Polygonus

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

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