Exorbaetta metanira

Thecla metanira, ♂, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Exorbaetta
Species: Exorbaetta metanira

Name

Exorbaetta metanira (Hewitson, 1867).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH images.

Synonymy

• Thecla metanira Hewitson, [1867]: 95, pl.46, figs 201,202; Draudt, 1917: 781, Pl.151c; Bridges, 1994: VIII.297.
• Exorbaetta metanira (Hewitson); Johnson et al., 1997; Lamas, 2004: 132.

References

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Johnson, K.D., Austin, G.T., Le Crom, J.F. and Salazar, J.A., 1997. The Strephonina, a new infratribe of the Eumaeini with description of fourteen new genera (Lycaenidae). Revista Theclinae colombianos 1(1): [ii] + 1-61, pls. 1-2, 16 figs. 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.