Methona

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
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Ithomiini
Subtribus: Mechanitina
Genus: Methona
Species: M. confusa – M. curvifascia – M. grandior – M. maxima – M. megisto – M. singularis – M. themisto
Name

Methona Doubleday, 1847

Type species: Thiridia [sic] themisto Hübner, 1818
Synonyms

Gelotophye d'Almeida, 1940, Rev. Ent. Rio de Janeiro 11 (3): 760, TS: Thyridia mystica Zikán, 1931

References

Doubleday, 1847, Gen. Diurn. Lep. 1: 115
Gerardo Lamas, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Methona is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Edward Doubleday in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
Species

Arranged alphabetically:[1]

Methona confusa Butler, 1873
Methona curvifascia Weymer, 1883
Methona grandior (Forbes, 1944)
Methona maxima (Forbes, 1944)
Methona megisto C. & R. Felder, 1860
Methona singularis (Staudinger, [1884])
Methona themisto (Hübner, 1818)

References

"Methona Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms