Metrocles (skipper)

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;

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Metrocles is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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

^ 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.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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[Zhang-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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