Biology:Agathymus aryxna

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Agathymus aryxna
GIANT-SKIPPER, ARIZONA (Agathymus aryxna) (9-27-12) ca gulch, pajarito mts, scc, az -01 (8031357131).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Agathymus
Species:
A. aryxna
Binomial name
Agathymus aryxna
Dyar, 1905
Synonyms
  • Megathymus drucei Skinner, 1911

Agathymus aryxna, the Arizona giant skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1905.[1][2][3] Its range includes Central and North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Agathymus aryxna is 4132.[4] [5]

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies. Second edition, xiv + 540.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13233035 entry