Drephalys

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Drephalys
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Drephalys dumeril and related species
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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]

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The genus was established in 1893 by Edward Yerbury Watson, who assigned Eudamus helixus (now Drephalys helixus ) as type species of the genus. [2]

Species

According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera: [2]

Subgenus ParadrephalysBurns, 2000

Subgenus DrephalysE. Watson, 1893

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

  1. ↑ Funet
  2. 1 2 3 Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.
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