Biology:Gomalia

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Gomalia
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Gomalia albofasciata, Asian Marbled Skipper, India
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Carcharodini
Genus: Gomalia
Moore, 1879
Synonyms
  • Tavetana Picard, 1949

Gomalia is a genus of marbled skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are three described species in Gomalia.

Gomalia albofasciata was formerly considered subspecies of Gomalia elma, and Gomalia jeanneli was formerly considered a synonym of Gomalia elma. They were both reinstated as full species as a result of genomic research published in 2020.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Gomalia:[1][2]

  • Gomalia albofasciata Moore, 1879 (Asian marbled skipper)
  • Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862) (green-marbled skipper or African marbled skipper)
  • Gomalia jeanneli (Picard, 1949)

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13909165 entry