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.
Species
According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera:
Subgenus Paradrephalys <small>Burns, 2000</small>
Subgenus Drephalys <small>E. Watson, 1893</small>
- Drephalys alcmon <small>(Cramer, 1780)</small>
- Drephalys mourei <small>O. Mielke, 1968</small>
- Drephalys helixus <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
- Drephalys kidonoi <small>Burns, 2000</small>
- Drephalys phoenicoides <small>(Mabille & Boullet, 1919)</small>
- Drephalys phoenice <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small>
- Drephalys heraclides <small>E. Bell, 1942</small>
- Drephalys citrinus <small>Madruga, Siewert, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2018</small>
- Drephalys dracarys <small>Madruga, Siewert, O. Mielke & Dolibaina, 2018</small>
- Drephalys electrinus <small>Siewert, Madruga, O. Mielke & Dolibaina, 2018</small>
- Drephalys miersi <small>O. Mielke, 1968</small>
- Drephalys opifex <small>Evans, 1952</small>
- Drephalys olvina <small>Evans, 1952</small>
- Drephalys olva <small>Evans, 1952</small>
- Drephalys eous <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small>
Original publication
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