| Scientific name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metarctia quinta | (Kiriakoff, 1973) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia rhodites | Kiriakoff, 1957 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia robusta | (Kiriakoff, 1973) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia rosea | Aurivillius, 1906 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia rothschildi | Le Cerf, 1922 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia rubra | (Walker, 1856) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia rubribasa | Bethune-Baker, 1911 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia rubricosta | Talbot, 1929 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia rubripuncta | Hampson, 1898 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia rufescens | Walker, 1855 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia saalfeldi | Kiriakoff, 1960 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia salmonea | Kiriakoff, 1957 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia sarcosoma | Hampson, 1901 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia seydeliana | Kiriakoff, 1953 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia sheljuzhkoi | Kiriakoff, 1961 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia smithi | Fiebig, László, Volynkin & Taberer, 2023 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia smithi smithi | Fiebig, László, Volynkin & Taberer, 2023 | subspecies | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia smithi transvallesiana | Fiebig, László, Volynkin & Taberer, 2023 | subspecies | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia subincarnata | Kiriakoff, 1954 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia subnigra | Kiriakoff, 1958 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia subpallens | Kiriakoff, 1956 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia subpumila | Kiriakoff, 1957 | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia sudanica | (Kiriakoff, 1973) | species | Synonym | ||
| Metarctia tenebrosa | Le Cerf, 1922 | species | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia tenera | (Kiriakoff, 1973) | species | Accepted |