Drephalys
Introduction '''''Drephalys''''' is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.The genus was established in 1893 by Edward Yerbury Watson, who assigned ''Eudamus helixus'' (now ''Drephalys helixus'') as type species of the genus.
Species According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera:'''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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References * Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database