Megathymus yuccae

Megathymus yuccae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Megathymini
Genus: Megathymus
Species: Megathymus yuccae
Subspecies: M. y. albasuffusus – M. y. elidaensis – M. y. harbisoni – M. y. louiseae – M. y. martini – M. y. maudae – M. y. navajo – M. y. reinthali – M. y. reubeni – M. y. wilsonorum – M. y. yuccae

Name

Megathymus yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, (1837)

Type Locality: USA, New Mexico.

Holotype: USNM

Synonymy

• Eudamus? yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, (1837): Pl.70.
• Megathymus yuccae yuccae (Boisduval & Le Conte); Evans, 1955: 466; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.243; IX.36; Lamas, 2004ː 86; Glassberg, 2017ː 289.

References

• Boisduval, J.-A. & Le Conte, J.E. 1829–1837. Histoire générale et Iconographie des Lépidoptères et des Chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale. Parts 1–26. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Emmel, J.F. & Emmel, T., 1998. A New Subspecies of the Giant Skipper Megathymus yuccae from San Diego County, California (Lep. Hesperiidae, Megathyminae). In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 64: 763-766. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Freeman, H.A., 1963. Megathymus yuccae in Texas, with the description of two new subspecies. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 17(2): 89-99, 2 pl. PDF Reference page. 
• Glassberg, J., 2017. A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America 2nd Edn. Princeton University Press. 304pp; ill. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

GBIF; Lepindex; Butterflies of America