Drephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae,Funet 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, ) 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