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Drephalys
Genus of butterflies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Drephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae,[1] in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.[2]
The genus was established in 1893 by Edward Yerbury Watson, who assigned Eudamus helixus (now Drephalys helixus) as type species of the genus.[2]
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Species
According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera:[2]
Subgenus Paradrephalys Burns, 2000
- Drephalys oria Evans, 1952
- Drephalys oriander (Hewitson, 1867)
- Drephalys talboti (Le Cerf, 1922)
- Drephalys dumeril (Latreille, [1824])
- Drephalys croceus Austin, 1995
- Drephalys tortus Austin, 1995
Subgenus Drephalys E. Watson, 1893
- Drephalys alcmon (Cramer, 1780)
- Drephalys mourei O. Mielke, 1968
- Drephalys helixus (Hewitson, 1877)
- Drephalys kidonoi Burns, 2000
- Drephalys phoenicoides (Mabille & Boullet, 1919)
- Drephalys phoenice (Hewitson, 1867)
- Drephalys heraclides E. Bell, 1942
- Drephalys citrinus Madruga, Siewert, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2018
- Drephalys dracarys Madruga, Siewert, O. Mielke & Dolibaina, 2018
- Drephalys electrinus Siewert, Madruga, O. Mielke & Dolibaina, 2018
- Drephalys miersi O. Mielke, 1968
- Drephalys opifex Evans, 1952
- Drephalys olvina Evans, 1952
- Drephalys olva Evans, 1952
- Drephalys eous (Hewitson, 1867)
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Original publication
Watson, E. Y. (1893). "A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1893: 34.
References
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