Metron noctis

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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
Speciesː Metron noctis

Name

Metron noctis (Kaye, W.J., 1913).

Type localityː Trindad.

Typusː ♂ BMNH of (subviridis) PT.

Synonymy

♦ Atrytone noctis Kaye, 1913ː 580, pl.30 fig.16.
♦ Ametron subviridis Hayward, 1940ː 87, fig.10. HTː AMNH, ATː FMLT, PTː BMNH images. Argentina.
♦ Metron noctis (Kaye); Evans, [1955]ː 378; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.157, IX.37; Lamas, 2004ː 71.

References

Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. 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.
Hayward, K.J., 1940. Hesperioidea Argentina. 12. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 129-130: 70-94 14 figs. Reference page.
Kaye, W.J., 1913. Additions and corrections to my catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad (1904). Transactions of the entomological Society of London 61(3): 545-585, pl.30. 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.

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