''Drephalys'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

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Entheini The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North America ...

. The genus was established in 1893 by

Edward Yerbury Watson Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera most notably Hesperiidae. Yerbury Watson was born in British India to Joanna and George Edward Watson. He joined the North Lancash ...

, who assigned ''Eudamus helixus'' (now '' Drephalys helixus'') as

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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,

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* '' 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)

Original publication

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Eudaminae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Edward Yerbury Watson {{Hesperiidae-stub