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Metanycles Butler, 1876

Higher taxa: Zygaenidae (family)/  Procridinae (subfamily)/  Metanycles (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Butler, 1876
Citation:Genus Metanycles, n. gen.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Aclytia contracta Walker, 1865. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 1865: 102. By original designation.
Publication:Butler A. G. 1876b. On the subfamilies Antichlorinae and Charideinae of the lepidopterous families Zygaenidae and Arctiidae.
Journal:Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology
Volume:12
Issue:63
Pagination:425
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982034
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination Images
Metanycles contracta (Walker, 1865) (Walker, 1865) species Accepted Aclytia contracta
Metanycles flavibasis Hampson, 1920 Hampson, 1920 species Accepted Metanycles flavibasis
Metanycles sachtlebeni Alberti, 1954 Alberti, 1954 species Accepted Metanycles sachtlebeni