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Megathymus u. ursus
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants: S
AZ (Pinal, Pima, Sta. Cruz, Cochise), SW NM (Hidalgo),
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Megathymus Scudder, 1872 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 83. Type-species: Eudamus (?) yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837], Hist. Lépid. Amér. sept. (23-26): pl. 70, figs. [1]-[5] ♂ [not ♀], larva and pupa, by original designation. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 483 placed this name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 1222.
Megathymus ursus Poling, 1902
Megathymus ursus ursus Poling, 1902 Entomol. News 13(4): 97-98, pl. 4; this figure reproduced by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 72, fig. 1 ♂ D. Original Combination: Megathymus ursus Type Locality: “Pinal County, Arizona”; defined as “Santa Catalina Mountains, west of Redington, Pima Co., Arizona” by H. Freeman (1969), J. Lepid. Soc. 23 (suppl.1): 25. Types: Holotype in USNM. |
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