Agathymus
TaxID: 355534
Basic Information
Agathymus
Arizona Giant-skipper
Agathymus is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. They occur in the North American deserts. The genus was described by Hugh Avery Freeman in 1959. The larvae bore into the stems of agave plants. These butterflies have been treated as members of the disputed skipper subfamily Megathyminae, but are also considered sufficiently distinct to be in their own family, Megathymidae, along with the genera Megathymus and Stallingsia.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Agathymus
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Genus
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k__Eukaryota;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Lepidoptera;f__Hesperiidae;g__Agathymus;s__unclassified
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Arthropods
Photos (0 photos)
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Morphological Features
Wings rounder than in related species. Dorsal hindwing with a relatively narrow orange postdiscal band contrasting with broader orange spots on forewing. Forewing discal cell with orange along cubitus; forewing base overscaled with orange. Ventral hindwing uniformly gray, without any spots or blotches. Overall orange coloration and pattern of spots.
Plazi taxonomic treatment
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (1 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (0 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
No distribution records available.
Genomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
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