Stallingsia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Megathymini
Genus: Stallingsia
Species: S. jacki – S. maculosus – S. smithi
Name

Stallingsia Freeman, 1959.

Type species: Megathymus maculosus Freeman, 1955.
Synonymy

Stallingsia Freeman, 1959: 87; Hemming, 1967: 417; Lamas, 2005: 86.

References

Freeman, H.A., 1959. A revision of the genera of the Megathymidae, with the description of Three new genera. The Lepidopterists' News 12(3-4): 81-92. (26 Jan 1959) Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.

Links

Lepindex; Butterflies of America

Stallingsia is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
Selected species

Stallingsia jacki
Stallingsia maculosus
Stallingsia smithi

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database