Helias is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Helias
Helias phalaenoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erynnini
Genus: Helias
Fabricius, 1807

Species edit

Recognised species in the genus Helias include:[1]

Former species edit

  • Helias ascalaphus Staudinger, 1876 - transferred to Staphylus ascalaphus (Staudinger, 1876)
  • Helias pallida Felder, 1869 - transferred to Eantis pallida (Felder, 1869)
  • Helias satyrus C. and R. Felder, [1867] - transferred to Timochreon satyrus (C. and R. Felder, [1867])

References edit

  1. ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.