Tapena is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae.[1]
| Tapena | |
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| Tapena thwaitesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Tagiadini |
| Genus: | Tapena Moore, 1881 |
Species
editRecognised species in the genus Tapena include:[2]
- Tapena bornea Evans, 1941 - Malaysia
- Tapena minuscula Elwes and Edwards, 1897 - Myanmar
- Tapena multiguttata de Nicéville, 1890 - Myanmar, Thailand
- Tapena thwaitesi (Moore, 1881) - Indo-China, Indonesia
- Tapena vasava (Moore, [1866]) - northern India, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and western China
References
edit- ^ "Tapena Moore, 1881". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ^ 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.
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