Gomalia is a genus of marbled skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are three described species in Gomalia.
| Gomalia | |
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| Gomalia albofasciata, Asian Marbled Skipper, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Carcharodini |
| Genus: | Gomalia Moore, 1879 |
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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 edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMC 8018707.
- ^ a b "Gomalia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
Further reading edit
- Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 9 (3). ISSN 2643-4806.
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