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Polites

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q5410827
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Summary

Polites is a taxon[1]. Polites ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polites's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Polites is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Polites belongs to the parent taxon Hesperiina[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Polites is Polites[6].
  • Polites's Commons category is recorded as Polites[7].
  • Polites's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polites (butterfly)[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Polites is Polites[6]. Polites is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Polites is classified within Hesperiina[5].

Identifiers

Polites's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58504[9]. Polites's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 291694[10]. Polites's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 20718[11]. Polites's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1943941[12]. Polites's ITIS TSN is recorded as 188614[13].

Why It Matters

Polites ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] Polites has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Polites is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lepindex id → 186800, 186801
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Lepindex id: 186801, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270217|batch #270217]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Polites (butterfly)
    Parent taxon → Hesperiina
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007551882505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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