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Psoralis

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Psoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Psoralis
Mabille, 1904
Synonyms
  • Pamba Evans, 1955

Psoralis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Psoralis include:[1]

Former species

  • Psoralis alis Bell, 1959 - synonymized with Chitta chittara (Schaus, 1902)
  • Psoralis concolor Nicolay, 1980 - transferred to Ralis concolor (Nicolay, 1980)
  • Psoralis darienensis Gaviria, Siewert, Mielke and Casagrande, 2018 - transferred to Alychna darienensis (Gaviria, Siewert, Mielke and Casagrande, 2018)
  • Psoralis mirnae Siewert, Nakamura and Mielke, 2014 - transferred to Alychna mirnae (Siewert, Nakamura and Mielke, 2014)
  • Psoralis sabaeus Mabille, 1904 - synonymized with Pamphila idee Weeks, 1901
  • Psoralis venta Evans, 1955 - transferred to Alychna venta (Evans, 1955)

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.