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Megathymus
''Megathymus'' is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. Selected species *'' Megathymus beulahae'' *'' Megathymus cofaqui'' (Strecker, 1876) *'' Megathymus streckeri'' *'' Megathymus texanus'' *'' Megathymus ursus'' (Poling, 1902) *''Megathymus yuccae ''Megathymus yuccae'', the yucca giant-skipper, is a rare early season butterfly that is widespread across the southern United States. It belongs in the family Skipper (butterfly), Hesperiidae, subfamily Giant skipper, Megathyminae. Description ...'' ( Boisduval & Leconte, 1837) – yucca giant-skipper External links * * ''Megathymus yuccae'', yucca giant-skipperon the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web siteNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Megathyminae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder Taxa described in 1872 {{Hesperiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megathymus Texanus
''Megathymus'' is a genus of Butterfly, butterflies in the skipper family, Skipper (butterfly), Hesperiidae. Selected species *''Megathymus beulahae'' *''Megathymus cofaqui'' (Strecker, 1876) *''Megathymus streckeri'' *''Megathymus texanus'' *''Megathymus ursus'' (Poling, 1902) *''Megathymus yuccae'' (Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Boisduval & John Lawrence LeConte, Leconte, 1837) – yucca giant-skipper External links * * ''Megathymus yuccae'', yucca giant-skipperon the University of Florida, UF / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, IFAS Featured Creatures Web siteNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Megathyminae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder Taxa described in 1872 {{Hesperiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megathymus Beulahae
''Megathymus'' is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. Selected species *'' Megathymus beulahae'' *'' Megathymus cofaqui'' (Strecker, 1876) *''Megathymus streckeri'' *''Megathymus texanus'' *'' Megathymus ursus'' (Poling, 1902) *''Megathymus yuccae ''Megathymus yuccae'', the yucca giant-skipper, is a rare early season butterfly that is widespread across the southern United States. It belongs in the family Skipper (butterfly), Hesperiidae, subfamily Giant skipper, Megathyminae. Description ...'' ( Boisduval & Leconte, 1837) – yucca giant-skipper External links * * ''Megathymus yuccae'', yucca giant-skipperon the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web siteNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Megathyminae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder Taxa described in 1872 {{Hesperiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megathymus Ursus
''Megathymus ursus'', known generally as the ursus giant skipper or ursine giant skipper, is a species of giant skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion .... It is found in Central America and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Megathymus ursus'' is 4151. Subspecies These three subspecies belong to the species ''Megathymus ursus'': * ''Megathymus ursus deserti'' R. Wielgus, J. Wielgus & D. Wielgus, 1972 * ''Megathymus ursus ursus'' Poling, 1902 * ''Megathymus ursus violae'' D. Stallings & Turner, 1956 References Further reading * Megathyminae Articles created by Qbugbot Butterflies described in 1902 Butterflies of Central America {{hesperiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megathymus Yuccae
''Megathymus yuccae'', the yucca giant-skipper, is a rare early season butterfly that is widespread across the southern United States. It belongs in the family Skipper (butterfly), Hesperiidae, subfamily Giant skipper, Megathyminae. Description The upper side of the wings are brown with the forewings having yellow spots. The under side is mainly mottled with black and gray. The wingspan is . Caterpillars feed on ''Yucca'' species such as ''Yucca filamentosa, Y. filamentosa'', ''Yucca smalliana, Y. smalliana'', ''Yucca gloriosa, Y. gloriosa'', ''Yucca elata, Y. elata'', ''Yucca arizonica, Y. arizonica'', and ''Yucca aloifolia, Y. aloifolia''. Although adults do not feed, males will gather moisture Mud-puddling, from mud. Habitat This butterfly may be seen in deserts, foothills, and woodlands where yucca plants, in which their eggs are laid, occur. References External links * http://www.jeffpippen.com/butterflies/yuccagiantskipper.htm Jeff's Nature Pages * http://michaelbeoh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megathymus Streckeri
''Megathymus streckeri'', or Strecker's giant skipper, is butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from southeastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota south to southern Texas and west to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah. Its habitats include short grass prairies, sand hills, and rocky bluffs. The wingspan is 57–78 mm. The larvae feed on ''Yucca glauca ''Yucca glauca'' ( syn. ''Yucca angustifolia'') is a species of perennial evergreen plant, adapted to xeric (dry) growth conditions. It is also known as small soapweed, soapweed yucca, Spanish bayonet, and Great Plains yucca. ''Yucca glauca'' ...'', '' Yucca constricta'', '' Yucca angustissima'' and '' Yucca baileyi''. References Megathyminae Butterflies described in 1895 Butterflies of North America Lepidoptera of the United States {{Hesperiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megathymus Cofaqui
''Megathymus cofaqui'', the Cofaqui giant-skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Its range is limited to a north–south swath through the middle of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ... in the United States. References Megathyminae Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1876 Taxa named by Herman Strecker Lepidoptera of the United States {{Hesperiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skipper (butterfly)
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilionoidea (the butterflies). They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly lack wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. The third and rather small butterfly superfamily is the moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, and like other holometabolous insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, expands its wings to dry, and flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Samuel Hubbard Scudder (April 13, 1837 – May 17, 1911) was an American entomologist and paleontologist. He was a leading figure in entomology during his lifetime and the founder of insect paleontology in America. In addition to fossil insects, he was an authority on butterflies (Lepidoptera) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera). Biography Scudder was born on April 13, 1837, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Scudder and Sarah Lathrop (Coit) Scudder. His father was a successful merchant, and both parents had Puritan roots dating back to the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s. He was raised in a strict Calvinist Congregational household.Leach (2013) One of his younger brothers, Horace Scudder, became a noted author and editor of the ''Atlantic Monthly'',Cockerell (1911) while his niece Vida Dutton Scudder was a writer and social activist. Scudder attended Boston Latin School, and then enrolled in Williams College in 1853 at the age of 16. He studied with na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour, or ecological niche. In addition, palaeontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. About 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomen". The first part of a binomen is the name of a genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name (zoology), specific name or the specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomologique de France. While best known abroad for his work in entomology, he started his career in botany, collecting a great number of French plant specimens and writing broadly on the topic throughout his career, including the textbook ''Flores française'' in 1828. Early in his career, he was interested in Coleoptera and allied himself with both Jean Théodore Lacordaire and Pierre André Latreille. He was the curator of the Pierre Françoise Marie Auguste Dejean collection in Paris and described many species of beetles, as well as butterflies and moths, resulting from the voyages of the ''Astrolabe'', the expedition ship of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse and the '' Coquille'', that of Louis Isidore Duperrey. He lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lawrence LeConte
John Lawrence LeConte MD (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomology, entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxon, taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,Bird Name Biographies - URL retrieved September 14, 2006 including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his career, and has been described as "the father of American beetle study".Evans, Arthur V., and James N. Hogue. 2004. Chapter 1: A Brief History of Beetle Study in California. ''Introduction to California Beetles''. University of California Press. , as excerpted a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
