Drephalys | |
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Drephalys dumeril and related species | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Entheini |
Genus: |
Drephalys Watson, 1893 |
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]
According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera: [2]
Subgenus Paradrephalys Burns, 2000
Subgenus Drephalys E. Watson, 1893
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.
Drephalys | |
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Drephalys dumeril and related species | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Entheini |
Genus: |
Drephalys Watson, 1893 |
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]
According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera: [2]
Subgenus Paradrephalys Burns, 2000
Subgenus Drephalys E. Watson, 1893
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.