Metiscus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species of the genus are found in Central America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Genus: | Metiscus Godman, [1900] |
Species
editRecognised species in the genus Metiscus include:[1]
- Metiscus angularis (Möschler, 1877)
- Metiscus atheas Godman, 1900 - Mather's brown-eye [2]
- Metiscus goth Grishin, 2022
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Checklist and English Names of Mexican Butterflies
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Godman, Frederick DuCane. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. London, Dulau & Co., Bernard Quaritch. 1901.
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