Metron mentor

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: Metron mentor

Name

Metron mentor Dolibaina, Mielke & Casagrande in Dolibaina et al., 2024: 582

Type locality: [east of] Boca do Rio Caipora, Rio Juruá, Vila Taumaturgo, Acre [Brazil].

Holotype: DZUP. male ♂. 31.VIII.1997. legit Brown & Freitas. OM46.697.

References

Primary references

• 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.