Cynea is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Cynea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Cynea
Evans, 1955

Species edit

Recognised species in the genus Cynea include:[1]

Former species edit

  • Cynea osembo (Stoll, 1782) - synonymized to Cymaenes diluta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)


References edit

  1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.