Megathymus yuccae 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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota 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: Megathymus yuccae yuccae

Name

Megathymus yuccae yuccae (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1834)

Type localityː USA, South Carolina.

Typusː Neotype ♂ AMNH, BoA images.

Synonymy

♦ Eudamua ? yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, 1834ː Pl.70.
♦ Megathymus yuccae browni Stallings & Turner, 1960ː 112; Synonymy in Lepindex.
♦ Megathymus yuccae buchholzi Freeman, 1952ː 31. Type AMNH images.
♦ Megathymus yuccae yuccae Evans, [1955]ː 466; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.243, IX.36; Lamas, 2004ː 86.

References

• Boisduval, J.B. & 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 & Turner, 1960. A New Species of Agathymus and a New Sub-species of Megathymus (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Megathymidae). Entomological News 71(5): 109-115, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Wielgus, R.S. & D. Wielgus, 1974. A new sandydesert subspecies of Megathymus coloradensis (Megathymidae) from extreme northern Arizona. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 17: 1-16. Reference page. .