Helias Explained

Helias is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

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

• Helias phalaenoides (Herrich Schäffer, 1863)

Former species

• Helias ascalaphus Staudinger, 1876 - transferred to Staphylus ascalaphus (Staudinger, 1876)
• Helias pallida Felder, 1869 - transferred to Eantis pallida (Felder, 1869)
• Helias satyrus C. and R. Felder, [1867] - transferred to Timochreon satyrus (C. and R. Felder, [1867])

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. Cong . Qian . Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2019 . Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . . 0731 . 1–56.