Metrocles

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: Hesperiinae
Genus: Metrocles
Species: M. argentea –M. briquenydan –M. cotundo – M. dejongi –M. devergens – M. hyboma – M. leucogaster – M. phineus –M. propertius –M. santarus –M. schrottkyi –M. scitula –M. tania –M. zisa

Name

Metrocles Godman, [1900]

Type species: Metrocles leucogaster Godman [1900]

Synonymy

• Metrocles Godman, [1900]: 558; Hemming, 1967: 290; Zhang et al., 2022: 45.
• Chalcone Evans, 1955: 303, 371; (synonymized by Zhang et al., 2022: 45).
  • Type species: Augiades chalcone Schaus, 1902.
• Hansa Evans, 1955: 303 (synonymized by Zhang et al., 2022: 45).
  • Type species: Hesperia hyboma Plötz, 1886.
• Propertius Evans, 1955: 303 (synonymized by Zhang et al., 2022: 45)
  • Type species: Hesperia propertius Fabricius, 1793.

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. 
• Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. II. (Text) 782 pp. Text, Plates. 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. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page. 

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