Metron

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
Tribus: Hesperiini
Genus: Metron
Species: M. chrysogastra – M. fasciata – M. hypochlora – M. leucogaster – M. mentor – M. noctis – M. oropa – M. schrottkyi – M. voranus – M. zimra

Name

Metron Godman, 1900.

Typusː Pamphila chrysogastra Butler, 1870, by monotypy.

Synonymy

★ Metron Godman, 1900ː 557; Evans, [1955]ː 375; Hemming, 1967ː 290; Bridges, 1994ː IV.18, V.4; Lamas, 2004ː 71. Lepindex
★ Metrocles Godman, 1900ː 558. TSː Metrocles leucogaster Godman, [1900]ː 558, pl.100 figs 8.9. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004ː 71. Lepindex
★ Ametron Hayward, 1940ː 87, Fig.10 genitalia. TSː Ametron subviridis Hayward, 1940ː 130. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004ː 71; Lepindex.

References

Primary references

Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol. II. Insecta Lepidoptera: 782 pp. Text, Plates. 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.
Dolibaina, D.R., Mielke, O.H.H., Casagrande, M.M. & Grishin, N.V. 2024. A new species of Metron Godman, 1900 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon, with a unique hindwing color pattern in Hesperiina, its phylogenetic placement, and an illustrated key for the genus. Zootaxa 5448(4): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.9. . 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.
Hayward, K.J., 1940. Hesperioidea Argentina. 12. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 129-130: 70-94 14 figs. 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.
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.
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.

Links

Butterflies of America; Lepindex.