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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Agathymus |
| Species: | A. aryxna
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| Agathymus aryxna Dyar, 1905
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The MONA or Hodges number for Agathymus aryxna is 4132.[4] [5]
References
edit- ^ "Species Agathymus aryxna - Arizona Giant Skipper - Hodges#4132". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ a b "Agathymus aryxna (Dyar, 1905)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "Agathymus aryxna Arizona Giant-skipper". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ Pelham, Jonathan P. (July 1, 2017). "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
Further reading
edit- 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.
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