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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) » Agathymus » California Giant Skipper - Hodges#4142 (Agathymus stephensi)

Species Agathymus stephensi - California Giant Skipper - Hodges#4142

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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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 Agathymus
Species stephensi (California Giant Skipper - Hodges#4142)
Hodges Number
4142
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agathymus stephensi (Skinner)
Orig. Comb: Megathymus neumoegeni stephensi Skinner, 1912
Range
sw Calif. - Map - (MPG)
S CA (Riverside, E San Diego, W Imperial Cos.), Baja (N) - (BOA)
Food
Agave deserti Engelm. (BOA)
Remarks
Type Locality: “La Puerta, eastern edge of San Diego County, California”
Print References
Entomol. News 23(3): 126-127.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 23 November, 2008 - 2:17am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 March, 2021 - 9:56pm

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