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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Giant Skippers (Megathyminae) » Megathymus » Ursus Giant Skipper - Hodges#4151 (Megathymus ursus)

Species Megathymus ursus - Ursus Giant Skipper - Hodges#4151

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

My largest skipper ever - Megathymus ursus

Ursine Giant-Skipper, Megathymus ursus - Megathymus ursus - female

Ursine Giant-Skipper, Megathymus ursus - Megathymus ursus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Megathyminae (Giant Skippers)

Genus Megathymus

Species ursus (Ursus Giant Skipper - Hodges#4151)

Hodges Number

4151

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Megathymus ursus Poling, 1902

Explanation of Names

ursa (L). 'a bear' (1)

Range

AZ to w. TX / n. Mex (2)(3)

Food

Larva on Yucca madrensis (Syn: Y. schottii) (Agavaceae) (Freeman, 1969)

Remarks

Type Locality: "Pinal County, Arizona"; defined as "Santa Catalina Mountains, west of Redington, Pima Co., Arizona" by Freeman (1969).

Print References

Freeman, H.A. 1969. Systematic review of the Megathymidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 23 (Supplement 1): 1-59. Full PDF

Poling, O.C. 1902. A new Megathymus from Arizona. Entomological News, 13(4): 97-98. Full Text

Wielgus, R.S., Wielgus, J.R. & D. Wielgus, 1972. A new subspecies of Megathymus ursus Poling (Megathymidae) from Arizona with observations and notes on its distribution and life history. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, 9(11): 1-11. PDF

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Butterflies of America (2)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada--by Jonathan P. Pelham

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 23 November, 2008 - 2:16am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, margarethe brummermann
Last updated 13 July, 2017 - 6:36pm

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