Biology:Psoralis

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Psoralis
Scientific classification e
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]

  • Psoralis arva (Evans, 1955)
  • Psoralis calcarea (Schaus, 1902)
  • Psoralis idee Weeks, 1901
  • Psoralis laska (Evans, 1955)
  • Psoralis pamba (Evans, [1955])
  • Psoralis sabina Freeman, 1969
  • Psoralis stacara Schaus, 1902
  • Psoralis umbrata (Erschoff, 1876)
  • Psoralis visendus (E. Bell, 1942)

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)" (in en). Insecta Mundi. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/130468. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7256116 entry