''Poanes'' is a genus of

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(family Hesperiidae) distributed throughout North and Central America. The

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. The genus was erected by

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in 1872.

Species

In 2019, several species were moved from ''Poanes'' to a new genus, ''

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''. 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 * ''

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'' (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,

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- transferred to '' Lon zabulon'' (Boisduval and Le Conte,

*''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,

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- 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

Poanes, Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder Taxa described in 1872 {{Hesperiinae-stub