NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Megathymus
  Subfamily - Hesperiinae
  Family - Hesperiidae
  Superfamily - Hesperioidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae yuccae
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae harbisoni
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae reinthali
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae wilsonorum
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae louiseae
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae coloradensis
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae reubeni
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae navajo
      Subspecies - Megathymus yuccae martini