Drephalys


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 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, 2000Drephalys oria Evans, 1952Drephalys oriander Drephalys talboti Drephalys dumeril Drephalys croceus Austin, 1995Drephalys tortus Austin, 1995
Subgenus Drephalys E. Watson, 1893Drephalys alcmon Drephalys mourei O. Mielke, 1968Drephalys helixus Drephalys kidonoi Burns, 2000Drephalys phoenicoides Drephalys phoenice Drephalys heraclides E. Bell, 1942Drephalys citrinus Madruga, Siewert, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2018Drephalys dracarys Madruga, Siewert, O. Mielke & Dolibaina, 2018Drephalys electrinus Siewert, Madruga, O. Mielke & Dolibaina, 2018Drephalys miersi O. Mielke, 1968Drephalys opifex Evans, 1952Drephalys olvina Evans, 1952Drephalys olva Evans, 1952
  • ''Drephalys eous''