Metrocles briquenydan

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: Metrocles briquenydan
Subspecies: M. b. australis – M. b. briquenydan – M. b. chalcone

Name

Metrocles briquenydan (Weeks, 1901)

Type locality: Bolivia, La Paz.

Typus: MCZ? MGCL? 5.iv.1899.

Synonymy

• Pamphila briquenydan Weeks, 1901: 87; 1905: 82, Pl.XXXII Fig.1.
• Thoon briquenydan Evans, [1955]: 194; Bridges, 1994: VIII.34, IX.69. (none in BMNH)
• Chalcone briquenydan briquenydan (Weeks); Lamas, 2004: 64.

References

Primary references

• Weeks, A.G., 1901. Descriptions of New Butterflies of the Genera Pamphila, Epinephele and Gorgythion. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 2: 79-83; 85-90; 91-97. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 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. 
• 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. 
• Mielke, O.H.H. 1979. Contribution to the faunistic study of the American Hesperiidae, VI supplementary note to the species of Hesperiinae of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Lepidoptera). Acta Biológica Paranaense 8: 127–172. PDF. Reference page. 
• Weeks, A.G., 1905, 1911. Illustrations of Diurnal lepidoptera, with Descriptions. Boston University Press. 117pp, 45 pls. Vol.1, Vol.2. 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.