Agathymus
Introduction '''''Agathymus''''' is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. They occur in the North American deserts. The genus was described by Hugh Avery Freeman in 1959.The larvae bore into the stems of agave plants.These butterflies have been treated as members of the disputed skipper subfamily Megathyminae, but are also considered sufficiently distinct to be in their own family, Megathymidae, along with the genera ''Megathymus'' and ''Stallingsia''.
Species *species group unknown**''Agathymus alliae'' (Stallings & Turner, 1957)**''Agathymus aryxna'' (Dyar, 1905)**''Agathymus belli'' (Freeman, 1955)**''Agathymus carlsbadensis'' (Stallings & Turner, 1957)**''Agathymus comstocki'' (Harbison, 1957)**''Agathymus dawsoni'' Harbison, 1963**''Agathymus diabloensis'' Freeman, 1962**''Agathymus escalantei'' Stallings, Turner & Stallings, 1966**''Agathymus estelleae'' (Stallings & Turner, 1958)**''Agathymus evansi'' (Freeman, 1950)**''Agathymus fieldi'' Freeman, 1960**''Agathymus florenceae'' (Stallings & Turner, 1957)**''Agathymus gentryi'' Roever, 1998**''Agathymus gilberti'' Freeman, 1964**''Agathymus hoffmanni'' (Freeman, 1952)**''Agathymus indecisa'' (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)**''Agathymus judithae'' (Stallings & Turner, 1957)**''Agathymus mariae'' (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)**''Agathymus micheneri'' Stallings, Turner & Stallings, 1961**''Agathymus neumoegeni'' (Edwards, 1882)**''Agathymus polingi'' (Skinner, 1905)**''Agathymus remingtoni'' (Stallings & Turner, 1958)**''Agathymus rethon'' (Dyar, 1913)**''Agathymus ricei'' Stallings, Turner & Stallings, 1966**''Agathymus rindgei'' Freeman, 1964**''Agathymus stephensi'' (Skinner, 1912)*The ''baueri'' species group**''Agathymus baueri'' (Stallings & Turner, 1954)**''Agathymus juliae'' (Stallings & Turner, 1958)
References * , 1959, ''Lepid. News'' '''12 (3/4)''': 82* , 1960: Notes on ''Agathymus'' in Texas, and the description of a new species from Mexico (Megathymidae). ''Journal Lepidop. Soc.'' '''14 (1)''': 58–62.Full article: * , 2004, ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea''.
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