Metron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Hesperiini |
Genus: | Metron Godman, 1900 |
Metron is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species include: [1]
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhinini.
Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dardarina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species of the genus are found in Central America and parts of South America.
Dion is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Drephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Dubiella is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.
Justinia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Lychnuchus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Platylesches is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, commonly called hoppers, found in Africa.
Trapezites is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. All species are endemic to Australia.
Unkana is a genus of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm.
Vacerra is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Zographetus is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla calaon, the calaon skipperling, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was first described in 1877 by William Chapman Hewitson, and is found in Ecuador.