Megisto

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Euptychiina
Genus: Megisto
Species: M. cleophes – M. cymela – M. rubricata
Name

Megisto Hübner, 1819

Type species: Papilio eurytus Fabricius, 1775

Dorsal view of a Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela cymela) taken along Rideau River, Ottawa, Canada

References

Hübner, 1819, Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 54
Miller, L.D., 1976: Revision of the Euptychiini (Satyridae). 3. Megisto Hübner. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 33: 1–23.

Megisto is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species

Megisto cymela (Cramer, [1777]) – little wood satyr
Megisto cymela viola (Maynard, 1891) – Viola's wood satyr[2]
Megisto rubricata (Edwards, 1871) – red satyr [US (New Mexico, Oklahoma), Mexico, Guatemala]

References

"Megisto Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Megisto, BugGuide