''Methona'' is a genus of clearwing (
ithomiine
Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. It is sometimes referred to as the tribe of clearwing butterflies or glasswing butterflies. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily (Ithomiinae). These butterflies are ...
) butterflies, named by
Edward Doubleday
Edward Doubleday (9 October 1810 – 14 December 1849) was an English entomologist primarily interested in Lepidoptera. He is best known for ''The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habits and ...
in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family,
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...
.
Species
Arranged alphabetically:
"''Methona'' Doubleday, [1847]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Methona confusa">847]"">"''Methona'' Doubleday, [1847]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Methona confusa'' Butler, 1873
*''Methona curvifascia'' Weymer, 1883
*''Methona grandior'' (Forbes, 1944)
*''Methona maxima'' (Forbes, 1944)
*''Methona megisto'' C. & R. Felder, 1860
*''Methona singularis
''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:"''Methona'' Doubleday, '' (Staudinger, 847]"at Markku Savela's ...
*''Methona themisto">884">847]"at Markku Savela's ...