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.
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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
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