Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Megathymini
Genus: Megathymus
Species (6):
M. beulahae –
M. cofaqui –
M. coloradensis –
M. streckeri –
M. ursus –
M. violae –
M. yuccae
Name
Megathymus Scudder, 1872.
Type species: Eudamus yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, 1834. By monotypy.
Synonymy
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.
- Freeman, H.A. 1969. Systematic review of the Megathymidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23(suppl. 1): 1–62. Reference page.
- Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
- Holland, W.J., 1930. Notes on Some American Butterflies Mainly Relating to their Classification and Nomenclature. Annals of the Carnegie Museum XIX: 185-204, XX: 39-55, 255-265. 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.
- Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.
- Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page.
- Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. Full article (PDF). Reference page.