Metallaxis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932.
| Metallaxis | |
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| Metallaxis semiustus from Borneo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Rhodostrophiini |
| Genus: | Metallaxis Prout, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Metallaxis semiustus Swinhoe, 1894
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Species
edit- Metallaxis amandae Holloway, 1997
- Metallaxis herbuloti Viette, 1978
- Metallaxis miniata Yazaki & M. Wang, 2004
- Metallaxis semipurpurascens Hampson, 1896
- Metallaxis semiustus Swinhoe, 1894
- Metallaxis sogai Viette, 1979
- Metallaxis teledapa L. B. Prout, 1932
References
edit- Prout, L. B. (1932). "New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae)". Novitates Zoologicae. 37: 229–251 - on page 229.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2013). "Metallaxis Prout, 1932". Afromoths. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
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