Polygonus leo

Polygonus leo, the hammock skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.^[1][2][3]

Polygonus leo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Polygonus
Species:	P. leo
Binomial name
Polygonus leo (Gmelin, 1790)

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[4]

• Polygonus leo arizonensis (Skinner, 1911)
• Polygonus leo pallida Röber, 1925
• Polygonus leo histrio Röber, 1925
• Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
• Polygonus leo hagar Evans, 1952