{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Megathymus yuccae 100352483.jpg | image_caption = ''Megathymus yuccae'' | taxon = Megathymus | authority = Scudder, 1872 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Megathymus''''' is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.<ref name="Warren2008"/>
== Species ==
The following species and subspecies are recognized:<ref name="Warren2024"/><ref name="Freeman1969"/> * ''Megathymus streckeri'' (<span class="nowrap">Skinner, 1895</span>) – Strecker's giant-skipper ** ''Megathymus streckeri streckeri'' (Skinner, 1895) – Northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, southeastern Utah ** ''Megathymus streckeri'' Navajo County, Arizona segregate – Southern Navajo Co., Arizona; south end White Mountains, Arizona ** ''Megathymus streckeri leussleri'' W. Holland, 1931 – Texas panhandle & eastern New Mexico to eastern Montana and western North Dakota (possibly southeastern Saskatchewan) ** ''Megathymus streckeri texana'' W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 – South-central Texas
* ''Megathymus cofaqui'' (<span class="nowrap">Strecker, 1876</span>) – Cofaqui giant-skipper ** ''Megathymus cofaqui cofaqui'' (Strecker, 1876) [= ''harrisi''] – Georgia to North Carolina ** ''Megathymus cofaqui slotteni'' Gatrelle, 1999 – Florida
* ''Megathymus yuccae'' (<span class="nowrap">Boisduval & Le Conte, 1837</span>) – Yucca giant-skipper ** ''Megathymus yuccae yuccae'' (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1837) [= ''buchholzi''] – Southeastern USA, east of the Mississippi River ** ''Megathymus yuccae reinthali'' H. Freeman, 1963 [= ''kendalli''] – Central to northeastern Texas, central & eastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, northern & central Louisiana ** ''Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum'' D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1958 – Tamaulipas & far southern Texas (Lower Rio Grande Valley) ** ''Megathymus yuccae louiseae'' H. Freeman, 1963 – South-central Texas (Val Verde & Kinney counties) to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León) ** ''Megathymus yuccae coloradensis'' C. Riley, 1877 – 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 – Hueco Mountains (Hudspeth Co., Texas) to northern Chihuahua ** ''Megathymus yuccae navajo'' Skinner, 1911 [= ''arizonae''] – Western Colorado, southern Utah, western New Mexico, Arizona, northern Sonora ** ''Megathymus yuccae martini'' D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1956 – Mojave Desert (southern California, western Nevada, far northwestern Arizona) ** ''Megathymus yuccae harbisoni'' J. Emmel & T. Emmel, 1998 – Beaumont (Riverside Co., California) south to Baja California Norte
* ''Megathymus beulahae'' D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1958 – Broad-banded giant-skipper ** ''Megathymus beulahae gayleae'' D. Stallings, J. Turner & V. Stallings, 1963 – Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí ** ''Megathymus beulahae beulahae'' D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1958 – Hidalgo
* ''Megathymus ursus'' Poling, 1902 – Ursine giant-skipper ** ''Megathymus ursus ursus'' Poling, 1902 – Southern Arizona (Pinal, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise counties), southwestern New Mexico (Hidalgo Co.), Sonora ** ''Megathymus ursus deserti'' R. Wielgus, J. Wielgus & D. Wielgus, 1972 – Eastern Maricopa County, Arizona
* ''Megathymus violae'' D. Stallings & J. Turner, 1956 – Ursine giant-skipper – Central & southern New Mexico (east of Rio Grande), western Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León
== References ==
<references> <ref name="Warren2024"> Warren, A. D.; Davis, K. J.; Stangeland, E. M.; Pelham, J. P.; Willmott, K. R.; Grishin, N. V. (2024). ''Illustrated lists of American butterflies''. Available from: https://www.butterfliesofamerica.com (accessed 22 February 2026). </ref>
<ref name="Freeman1969"> Freeman, H. A. (1969). Systematic review of the Megathymidae. ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 23 (Suppl. 1): 1–59. </ref> <ref name="Warren2008"> Warren, A. D.; Ogawa, J. R.; Brower, A. V. Z. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea). ''Cladistics'' 24 (5): 642–676. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00218.x. </ref> </references>
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Megathymus|''Megathymus''}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Megathymus|''Megathymus''}} * [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/yucca_skipper.htm ''Megathymus yuccae'', yucca giant-skipper] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site *[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
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Category:Giant skippers Category:Skipper (butterfly) genera Category:Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder Category:Taxa described in 1872
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