Metrocles (skipper)

Metrocles is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Metrocles
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Genus: Metrocles
Godman, 1900
Synonyms
  • Chalcone Evans, 1955
  • Hansa Evans, 1955
  • Propertius Evans, 1955

Species

Recognised species in the genus Metrocles include:[1]

  • Metrocles argentea (Weeks, 1901)
  • Metrocles briquenydan (Weeks, 1901)
  • Metrocles devergens (Draudt, 1923)
  • Metrocles hyboma (Plötz, 1886)
  • Metrocles leucogaster Godman, 1900
  • Metrocles propertius Fabricius, 1793
  • Metrocles santarus (Bell, 1940)
  • Metrocles schrottkyi (Giacomelli, 1911)
  • Metrocles scitula (Hayward, 1951)
  • Metrocles zisa (Plötz, 1882)

References

  1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.


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