Nisoniades

Translingual

A fourfold depiction by Jan Sepp of Nisoniades mimas (the type species of this genus): two imagines, a chrysalis, and a caterpillar

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The plural form given in Hübner’s protologue (Nisoniadae) suggests an Ancient Greek etymon.”

Proper noun

Nisoniades ?

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – a genus of tufted skippers.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Unikonta – clade; Opisthokonta – clade; Holozoa – clade; Animalia – kingdom; Eumetazoa – subkingdom; Bilateria – clade; Nephrozoa – clade; Protostomia – clade; Ecdysozoa – clade; Panarthropoda – clade; Arthropoda – phylum; Pancrustacea – clade; Allotriocarida – clade; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Dicondylia – clade; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Eumetabola – clade; Holometabola – clade; Panorpida – superorder; Amphiesmenoptera – clade; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Coelolepida – clade; Myoglossata – clade; Neolepidoptera – clade; Heteroneura – infraorder; Eulepidoptera – clade; Ditrysia – clade; Apoditrysia – clade; Obtectomera – clade; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Hesperiidae – family; Pyrginae – subfamily; Carcharodini – tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Bezus, Macarius – subgenera; Nisoniades mimas – type species; Nisoniades benda, Nisoniades bessus, Nisoniades bipuncta, Nisoniades borra, Nisoniades brazia, Nisoniades brunneata, Nisoniades castolus, Nisoniades cauca, Nisoniades coca, Nisoniades criton, Nisoniades ephora, Nisoniades evansi, Nisoniades godma, Nisoniades guianae, Nisoniades haywardi, Nisoniades hecale, Nisoniades hesperia, Nisoniades hora, Nisoniades indistincta, Nisoniades lata, Nisoniades laurentina, Nisoniades macarius, Nisoniades maura, Nisoniades menuda, Nisoniades montana, Nisoniades nyctineme, Nisoniades panama, Nisoniades remo, Nisoniades rimana, Nisoniades rubescens, Nisoniades supra, Nisoniades suprapanama, Nisoniades torta – other species

Derived terms

Nisoniadidi – tribe; Nisoniades angulosus, Nisoniades aurispex, Nisoniades bromius, Nisoniades juvenis, Nisoniades ophion, Nisoniades tages, Nisoniades zephodes – species