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Polites carus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Polites
Species:	P. carus
Binomial name
Polites carus (W. H. Edwards, 1883)

Polites carus, the carus skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.

The MONA or Hodges number for Polites carus is 4015.

References

1. "Polites carus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Polites carus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Polites carus". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

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