Metrocles is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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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: | Metrocles Godman, 1900 |
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Species edit
Recognised species in the genus Metrocles include:[1]
- Metrocles argentea (Weeks, 1901)
- Metrocles briquenydan (Weeks, 1901)
- Metrocles devergens (Draudt, 1923)
- Metrocles hyboma (Plötz, 1886)
- Metrocles leucogaster Godman, 1900
- Metrocles propertius Fabricius, 1793
- Metrocles santarus (Bell, 1940)
- Metrocles schrottkyi (Giacomelli, 1911)
- Metrocles scitula (Hayward, 1951)
- Metrocles zisa (Plötz, 1882)
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.
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