• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Tawny-edged Skipper

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Hesperia themistocles	Latreille, 1824
  Polites cernes	Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830
  Hesperia ahaton	T. Harris, 1862

• Polites themistocles is a member of the clade Polites themistocles:

• Species	Author
  Polites coras	(Cramer, 1775)
  Polites draco	(W.H. Edwards, 1871)
  Polites mardon	(W.H. Edwards, 1881)
  Polites sabuleti	(Boisduval, 1852)
  Polites themistocles	(Latreille, [1824])

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterflies and Moths of North America
  	Butterflies of America	A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	North American Moth Photographers Group

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