Metisella orientalis

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 orientalis

Name

Metisella orientalis Aurivillius, 1925.

Type Locality: Kenya; "Ost Afrika; Elgonburg".

Holotype: male, repository tbc.

Synonymy

• Cyclopides metis orientalis (form) Aurivillius, [1925]: in Seitz 13: 551.
• Metisella orientalis (Aurivillius); Evans, 1937: 70; Bridges, 1994: VIII.164.
• Metisella orientalis alpha (Form) Evans, 1937: 70. Congo, S.Semliki valley.
• Metisella orientalis beta (Form) Evans, 1937: 70. Nyasaland, Mlanje.
• Metisella orientalis gamma (Form) Evans, 1937: 70. Cameroon, Bitje.
• Metisella orientalis delta (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Nyasaland, Mlanje.
• Metisella orientalis kappa (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Usambara (Nguela).
• Metisella orientalis lamda (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Tanganyika, Great Craters.
• Metisella orientalis theta (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Kenya, Hoey's Bridge.
• Metisella orientalis zeta (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Uganda, Kabale, 5,000ft.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL 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.