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Megathymus yuccae (Yucca skipper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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 Hesperiidae, subfamily Megathyminae.
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Infraspecies

Megathymus yuccae coloradensis
Megathymus yuccae harbisoni
Megathymus yuccae louiseae
Megathymus yuccae martini
Megathymus yuccae navajo
Megathymus yuccae reinthali
Megathymus yuccae reubeni
Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum
Megathymus yuccae yuccae

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.441 inches (.062 m)

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acantholespesia comstocki[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Daniels, J. C. Yucca Giant-Skipper Butterfly, Megathymus yuccae (Boisduval & Leconte)(Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Electronic Data Information Source.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0