Gorgopas (butterfly) explained

Gorgopas is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Gorgopas include:^[1]

• Gorgopas agylla (Mabille, 1898)
• Gorgopas chlorocephala (Herrich Schäffer, 1870)
• Gorgopas extensa (Mabille, 1891)
• Gorgopas petale (Mabille, 1888)
• Gorgopas trochilus (Hopffer, 1874)

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.