Metallaxis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Sterrhinae
Tribus: Rhodostrophiini
Genus: Metallaxis
Species: M. amandae – M. herbuloti – M. miniata – M. semiustus – M. sogai – M. teledapa
Name

Metallaxis Prout, 1932

Type species: Erythrolophus semiustus Swinhoe, 1804. by original designation.
References

Yazaki, Katsumi ; Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang, 2004, Notes on geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Gedometridae) from Nanling Mts., S. China (II), Tinea 18 (1): 56–64.
Viette, P.E.L. 1979. Nouvelles espèces de Geometridae Malgaches [Lep.]. Lambillionea 79(1–2): 3–8. Reference page.

Metallaxis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932.
Species

Metallaxis amandae Holloway, 1997
Metallaxis herbuloti Viette, 1978
Metallaxis miniata Yazaki & M. Wang, 2004
Metallaxis semipurpurascens Hampson, 1896
Metallaxis semiustus Swinhoe, 1894
Metallaxis sogai Viette, 1979
Metallaxis teledapa L. B. Prout, 1932

References
Prout, L. B. (1932). "New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae)". Novitates Zoologicae. 37: 229–251 - on page 229.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2013). "Metallaxis Prout, 1932". Afromoths. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.