Metisella orientalis

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: 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: Heteropterinae
Genus: Metisella
Species: Metisella orientalis

Name

Metisella orientalis Aurivillius, 1925.

Type Locality: Kenya; "Ost Afrika; Elgonburg".

Holotype: male, repository tbc.

Synonymy

  • Cyclopides metis orientalis (form) Aurivillius, [1925]: in Seitz 13: 551.
  • Metisella orientalis (Aurivillius); Evans, 1937: 70; Bridges, 1994: VIII.164.
  • Metisella orientalis alpha (Form) Evans, 1937: 70. Congo, S.Semliki valley.
  • Metisella orientalis beta (Form) Evans, 1937: 70. Nyasaland, Mlanje.
  • Metisella orientalis gamma (Form) Evans, 1937: 70. Cameroon, Bitje.
  • Metisella orientalis delta (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Nyasaland, Mlanje.
  • Metisella orientalis kappa (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Usambara (Nguela).
  • Metisella orientalis lamda (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Tanganyika, Great Craters.
  • Metisella orientalis theta (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Kenya, Hoey's Bridge.
  • Metisella orientalis zeta (Form) Evans, 1937: 71. Uganda, Kabale, 5,000ft.

References

  • Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
  • 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. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
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