Metrocles briquenydan australis

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
Genus: Metrocles
Species: Metrocles briquenydan
Subspecies: Metrocles briquenydan australis

Name

Metrocles briquenydan australis (Mielke, 1979)

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas.

Holotype: DZUP. male ♂. 18.I.1961. legit C.M. Biezanko. DZ 1595.

Synonymy

• Chalcone chalcone australis Mielke, 1979: 150, figs 72-75; Bridges, 1994: VIII.24, IX.16.
• Chalcone briquenydan australis (Mielke): Lamas, 2004: 64.
• Metrocles briquenydan australis (Mielke): Zhang et al., 2022: 45

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Mielke, O.H.H. 1979. Contribution to the faunistic study of the American Hesperiidae, VI supplementary note to the species of Hesperiinae of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Lepidoptera). Acta Biológica Paranaense 8: 127–172. PDF. 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.