Metisella midas

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Heteropterinae
Genus: Metisella
Species: Metisella midas
Subspecies: M. m. malda –M. m. midas

Name

Metisella midas Butler, 1893.

Type Locality: S. Africa, Zomba.

Holotype: male, vii.1892, BMNH.

Synonymy

• Cyclopides midas Butler, 1893: 671.
• Cyclopides xanthometis Mabille, 1897: 218. C. Africa; BMNH. Synonymy in Evans, 1937: 68.
• Metisella midas (Butler); Evans, 1937: 68.

References

• Butler, A.G. 1893. On two Collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq. CB, from British Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 643–684, pl.60. BHL, plate. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P. 1897. Description de Lépidoptères nouveaux. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 66: 182–231. Reference page.