Taxonavigation

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrrhopyginae
Tribus: Pyrrhopygini
Subtribus: Mimoniadina
Genus: Metardaris
Species: Metardaris cosinga
Subspecies: M. c. catana –M. c. cedra –M. c. circe –M. c. cosinga

Name

Metardaris cosinga Hewitson, 1874.

Type locality: Bolivia.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Pyrrhopyga (sic) cosinga Hewitson, 1874: 20, fig.38, text.
• Metardaris consinga (sic) Mabille, 1903: 11.
• Metardaris consinga obscura (form) Mabille, 1903: 11.
• Metardaris consinga sanguinea (form) Mabille, 1903: 11.
• Metardaris cosinga cosinga (Hewitson); Evans, 1951: 65; Lamas, 2004: 27.

References

• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 

• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Bolivian Butterflies Collected by Mr. Buckley: 1-48. London, van Voorst. Reference page. 

• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

• Mabille, P. 1903-1904. Genera Insectorum - Fam. Hesperiidae Fascicule 17: 210pp, 4 pls. P. Wytsman, Brussels. BHL. Reference page.