Agathymus polingi

(Skinner, 1905) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Agathymus

At a glance

Occurrence records206

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections2

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Agathymus polingi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility206 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF206 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Agathymus polingi, or Poling's giant skipper, is a species of giant skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Agathymus polingi is 4143.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding6 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Agathymus polingi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type206 records

Wild obs. + sensor96

Museum / vouchered110

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO128 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 37≤1 km 34≤10 km 10>10 km 10

91 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor96

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy9% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 3≤10 km 8>10 km 61

76 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence110

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	63
Washington, US	16
OSUClocation not on record	14
ASUlocation not on record	7
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	4
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	4
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	1
US	1

8 institutions · 110 of 110 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Agathymus polingi was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.9 °C 18.5–19.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.7 °C

Max temp (day)25.5 °C 25.1–25.9

Min temp (night)12.0 °C 11.6–12.4

Precipitation31.4 mm/mo 27.8–35.1

Air humidity44.4 % 44.3–44.4

Moisture balance-88.5 mm/mo -92.3–-84.7

Vapour deficit1,284 Pa 1,262–1,306

Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.60–2.70

Cloud cover20.0 % 18.6–21.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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