Giant skipper

Giant skippers
Agathymus aryxna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Megathymini
J. H. Comstock and A. Comstock, 1895
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Aegialini Stallings & Turner, 1958
  • Agathymini Stallings & Turner, 1959

The giant skippers (Megathymini) are a tribe of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.[1]

  1. ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (2019-03-26). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.