Drephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae,[1] in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.[2]
The genus was established in 1893 by Edward Yerbury Watson, who assigned Eudamus helixus (now Drephalys helixus) as type species of the genus.[2]
According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera:[2]
Subgenus Paradrephalys Burns, 2000
Subgenus Drephalys E. Watson, 1893
Watson, E. Y. (1893). "A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 34.
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.
