Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Papias
Papias phaeomelas in Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Papias
Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900]
Synonyms
  • Mnasilus Godman, 1900

Species

edit

The following species are recognised in the genus Papias:

References

edit
  1. ^ a b 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.
edit