Mary's Giant-Skipper

Agathymus mariae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Agathymus mariae, the lechuguilla giant skipper, is a species of giant skipper in the family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae. Other common names include Mary's giant skipper and five-spot skipper. It was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1924 and it is found in Central and North America.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Mary's Giant-Skipper

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