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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)

Subfamily Megathyminae - Giant Skippers

Classification · Explanation of Names · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Huachuca Giant-Skipper - Agathymus evansi Megathymus yuccae - male Yucca Giant-skipper - Megathymus yuccae giant-skipper sp. - Agathymus baueri Yucca Giant-Skipper - Megathymus yuccae - female Yucca Giant-Skipper - Megathymus yuccae Yucca Giant-Skipper - Megathymus yuccae - male Megathymus streckeri oviposting - Megathymus streckeri - female
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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)
Explanation of Names
Tribe Megathymini J. H. Comstock & A. Comstock, 1895 (1)
Life Cycle
Larvae bore into leaves, stalks, and roots of agave family plants.
Remarks
Based on morphology, and molecular studies, recent treatments mostly place this "subfamily" within the Hesperiinae as a tribe.
Print References
Brock, p. 358 (2)
Works Cited
1.A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada--by Jonathan P. Pelham
2.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 May, 2004 - 12:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, David Ferguson
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 2:35pm

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