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Drephalys
Sign in to saveDrephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Species
Alcmon Skipper
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyHesperiidae
Observations13
Observations recorded353
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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.
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