Tapena

Tapena is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae.[1]

Tapena
Tapena thwaitesi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Tapena
Moore, 1881

Species

Recognised species in the genus Tapena include:[2]

  • Tapena bornea Evans, 1941 - Malaysia
  • Tapena minuscula Elwes and Edwards, 1897 - Myanmar
  • Tapena multiguttata de Nicéville, 1890 - Myanmar, Thailand
  • Tapena thwaitesi (Moore, 1881) - Indo-China, Indonesia
  • Tapena vasava (Moore, [1866]) - northern India, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and western China

References

  1. "Tapena Moore, 1881". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  2. 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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