Megathymus is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
Species
The following species and subspecies are recognized:
- Megathymus streckeri (<span class="nowrap">Skinner, 1895</span>) â Strecker's giant-skipper
- Megathymus streckeri streckeri (Skinner, 1895) â Northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, southeastern Utah
- Megathymus streckeri Navajo County, Arizona segregate â Southern Navajo Co., Arizona; south end White Mountains, Arizona
- Megathymus streckeri leussleri W. Holland, 1931 â Texas panhandle & eastern New Mexico to eastern Montana and western North Dakota (possibly southeastern Saskatchewan)
- Megathymus streckeri texana W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 â South-central Texas
- Megathymus cofaqui (<span class="nowrap">Strecker, 1876</span>) â Cofaqui giant-skipper
- Megathymus cofaqui cofaqui (Strecker, 1876) [= harrisi] â Georgia to North Carolina
- Megathymus cofaqui slotteni Gatrelle, 1999 â Florida
- Megathymus yuccae (<span class="nowrap">Boisduval & Le Conte, 1837</span>) â Yucca giant-skipper
- Megathymus yuccae yuccae (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1837) [= buchholzi] â Southeastern USA, east of the Mississippi River
- Megathymus yuccae reinthali H. Freeman, 1963 [= kendalli] â Central to northeastern Texas, central & eastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, northern & central Louisiana
- Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1958 â Tamaulipas & far southern Texas (Lower Rio Grande Valley)
- Megathymus yuccae louiseae H. Freeman, 1963 â South-central Texas (Val Verde & Kinney counties) to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
- Megathymus yuccae coloradensis C. Riley, 1877 â Southeastern Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Kansas, eastern Colorado, eastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, Texas panhandle
- Megathymus yuccae reubeni D. Stallings, J. Turner & V. Stallings, 1963 â Hueco Mountains (Hudspeth Co., Texas) to northern Chihuahua
- Megathymus yuccae navajo Skinner, 1911 [= arizonae] â Western Colorado, southern Utah, western New Mexico, Arizona, northern Sonora
- Megathymus yuccae martini D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1956 â Mojave Desert (southern California, western Nevada, far northwestern Arizona)
- Megathymus yuccae harbisoni J. Emmel & T. Emmel, 1998 â Beaumont (Riverside Co., California) south to Baja California Norte
- Megathymus beulahae D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1958 â Broad-banded giant-skipper
- Megathymus beulahae gayleae D. Stallings, J. Turner & V. Stallings, 1963 â Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis PotosÃÂ
- Megathymus beulahae beulahae D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1958 â Hidalgo
- Megathymus ursus Poling, 1902 â Ursine giant-skipper
- Megathymus ursus ursus Poling, 1902 â Southern Arizona (Pinal, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise counties), southwestern New Mexico (Hidalgo Co.), Sonora
- Megathymus ursus deserti R. Wielgus, J. Wielgus & D. Wielgus, 1972 â Eastern Maricopa County, Arizona
- Megathymus violae D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1956 â Ursine giant-skipper â Central & southern New Mexico (east of Rio Grande), western Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León
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