''Megathymus'' is a genus of
butterflies
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 fossi ...
in the skipper 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 ...
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Selected species
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Megathymus beulahae''
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Megathymus cofaqui''
(Strecker, 1876)
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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 s ...
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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''
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Megathymus ursus''
(Poling, 1902)
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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 ...
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( Boisduval & Leconte, 1837) – yucca giant-skipper
External links
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''Megathymus yuccae'', yucca giant-skipperon the
UF /
IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Megathyminae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Taxa described in 1872
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