Cymaenes Explained

Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species include:^[1]

• Cymaenes aequatoria (Hayward, 1940)
• Cymaenes edata (Plötz, 1882)
• Cymaenes idria Evans, 1955
• Cymaenes isus (Godman, 1900)
• Cymaenes laureolus (Schaus, 1913)
• Cymaenes lochius Plötz, 1882
• Cymaenes loxa Evans, 1955
• Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Cymaenes miqua (Dyar, 1913)
• Cymaenes psyllus (Mabille, 1898)
• Cymaenes sipariana Kaye, 1925
• Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

Former species

• Cymaenes corescene (Stoll, 1782) - synonymized to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Cymaenes fraus Godman, 1900 - transferred to Vidius fraus (Godman, 1900)
• Cymaenes odilia (Burmeister, 1878) - synonymized to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Cymaenes trebius (Mabille, 1891) - synonymized to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. 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 . 35370352 . 8975183 . en.