Hesperia metea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Hesperia
Species: Hesperia metea
Subspecies: H. m. intermedia –H. m. licinus –H. m. metea

Name

Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863.

Type localityː USA, Connecticut.

Typusː HT ♀. Repository not located.

Synonymy

♦ Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863ː 177; Evans, 1955: 322.
♦ Hesperia horus Edwards, 1871: 277.
♦ Hesperia belfragei Freeman, 1944: 5; syn. in Evans, 1955: 322.

References

Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Freeman, H.A., 1944. A new form of Hesperia metea Scudder from Texas (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Field & Lab. 12(1): 20-22. Reference page.
Gatrelle, R.R., Minno, M.C. & Grkovich, A. 2003. A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperia (Hesperiinae) in Eastern North America (Part I: the South); New Subspecies of Hesperia metea, Hesperia sassacus and Hesperia meskei. The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 4(3): 1–7. PDF. Reference page.
Pelham, J.P. 2008. Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 40: 1–672. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H., [1863]. A list of the butterflies of New England. Proceedings of the Essex Institute, (1860-1863)ː 3, 161-179. Reference page.

Links

Butterflies of America; Lepindex.