Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum

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
Subspeciesː Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum

Name

Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum Stallings & Turner, 1958.

Type localityː MEXICO: TAMAULIPAS: 25 mi NE of Ciudad Victoria. Emergence 15.II.1954.

Typusː HT ♀, AT ♂, PMNH, images.

Synonymy

♦ Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum Stallings & Turner, 1958ː 129, Pl.6; Lamas, 2004ː 86.
♦ Megathymus coloradensis wilsonorum Stallings & Turner; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.241, IX.36.

References

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.
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.
Stallings, D.B. & Turner, J.R. 1958. A review of the Megathymidae of Mexico, with a synopsis of the classification of the family. The Lepidopterists' News 11(4–5): 113–117. Reference page.

Links

Butterflies of America; Lepindex.