Poanes
# Poanes

Poanes is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.

## Species

In 2019, several species were moved from Poanes to a new genus, Lon. The species remaining in Poanes include:

* Poanes aaroni (Skinner, 1890) – saffron skipper
* Poanes benito Freeman, 1979 – Benito's skipper
* Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1863) – mulberry wing
* Poanes viator (Edwards, 1865) – broad-winged skipper
* Poanes yehl (Skinner, 1893) – Yehl skipper
* Poanes zachaeus (Plötz, 1883) – Zachaeus skipper

### Former species

* Poanes zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837]) - transferred to Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837])
* Poanes hobomok (Harris, 1862) - transferred to Lon hobomok (Harris, 1862])
* Poanes inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872) - transferred to Lon inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872])
* Poanes taxiles (Edwards, 1881) - transferred to Lon taxiles (Edwards, 1881])
* Poanes azin (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Lon azin (Godman, 1900])
* Poanes macneilli Burns, 1992 - transferred to Lon macneilli (Burns, 1992)
* Poanes ulphila (Plötz, 1883) - transferred to Lon ulphila (Plötz, 1883])
* Poanes monticola (Godman, [1900]) - transferred to Lon monticola (Godman, 1900)
* Poanes niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889) - transferred to Lon niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889)
* Poanes melane (Edwards, 1869) - transferred to Lon melane (Edwards, 1869])

## References and external links

* ↑ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
* ↑ Savela, Markku (August 17, 2013). "Poanes Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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