Metron

Taxonavigation

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
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

Additional 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. 
  • 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. Paywall. 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. 

Butterflies of America; Lepindex.