Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Achlyodidini
Genus: Aethilla
Specieaː Aethilla gigas

Name

Aethilla gigas Paul Mabille, 1877.

Type localityː "Peruvian Andes".

Typusː HT ♂ BMNH, images

Synonymy

♦ Eurypterus gigas Mabille, 1877: 162.
♦ Aethilla gigas (Mabille): Draudt, [1924]ː 876; Evans, 1953ː 174; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.91, IX.2; Lamas, 2004ː 42.
♦ Aethilla maxima Hayward, 1941: 521, Fig.1. Co-type: ♂ FMLT; Ecuador. Synonymy in Evans, 1953ː 174.

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. 

• 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. 

• Hayward, K.J., 1941. Further New species of Neotropical Hesperiidae from Ecuador (Lep.). Revista de Entomologia Rio de Janeiro 12(3): 521-531, 14 figs. 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. 

• Mabille, P. 1877. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux du groupe des Hespérides. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques 2(167): 114; 2(179): 161–162. Reference page.