Cobalus

Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Cobalus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Calpodina
Genus: Cobalus
Hübner, 1819

Species

Recognised species in the genus Cobalus include:[1]

  • Cobalus fidicula (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Cobalus virbius Cramer, 1777

Former species
  • Cobalus aethus Hayward, 1951 - transferred to Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951)
  • Cobalus arita Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Tigasis arita (Schaus, 1902)
  • Cobalus asella Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - synonymized with Amblyscirtes alternata (Grote and Robinson, 1867)
  • Cobalus calvina (Hewitson, 1866) - transferred to Calvetta calvina (Hewitson, 1866)
  • Cobalus cannae Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Quinta cannae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus chrysophrys Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Mnasitheus chrysophrys (Mabille, 1891)
  • Cobalus cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Methionopsis cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus columbaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 - transferred to Onophas columbaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
  • Cobalus corope Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Tigasis corope (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus cristatus Bell, 1930 - transferred to Tricrista cristatus (Bell, 1930)
  • Cobalus discors Plötz, 1882 - transferred to Carystina discors (Plötz, 1882)
  • Cobalus disjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - synonymized with Dubiella dubius (Stoll, 1781)
  • Cobalus duplex Mabille, 1889 - synonymized with Prosopalpus debilis (Plötz, 1879)
  • Cobalus evanidus Mabille, 1883 - synonymized with Mnasilus allubita (Butler, 1877)
  • Cobalus gabina Godman, 1900 - transferred to Neoxeniades gabina (Godman, 1900)
  • Cobalus hypargyra Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Paracarystus hypargyra (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus illudens Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Vehilius stictomenes (Butler, 1877)
  • Cobalus ludens Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Ludens ludens (Mabille, 1891)
  • Cobalus lumina Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus lurida Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Lurida lurida (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus mubevensis Bell, 1932 - transferred to Eutus mubevensis (Bell, 1932)
  • Cobalus quadrata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Xeniades quadrata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus rastaca Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Eutus rastaca (Schaus, 1902)
  • Cobalus simplicissima Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 - transferred to Mnasalcas simplicissima (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
  • Cobalus stigmula Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Contrastia distigma (Plötz, 1882)
  • Cobalus tertianus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Mielkeus tertianus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cobalus tripunctus Herrich-Schäffer, 1865 - transferred to Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
  • Cobalus umbrosus Mabille, 1883 - synonymized with Mnasilus allubita (Butler, 1877)

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.


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