Gorgopas (butterfly)

Gorgopas
Gorgopas chlorocephala
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Carcharodini
Genus:
Godman & Salvin, [1894]

Gorgopas is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Gorgopas include:[1]

  • Gorgopas agylla (Mabille, 1898)
  • Gorgopas chlorocephala (Herrich Schäffer, 1870)
  • Gorgopas extensa (Mabille, 1891)
  • Gorgopas petale (Mabille, 1888)
  • Gorgopas trochilus (Hopffer, 1874)


References

  1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.