Parphorus Explained

Parphorus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Parphorus include:

• Parphorus decora Dyar, 1914^[1]
• Parphorus felta Evans, [1955]
• Parphorus storax (Draudt, 1923)

Former species

• Parphorus auristriga Bell, 1959 - transferred to Rigga auristriga (Bell, 1959)
• Parphorus hesia (Hewitson, 1870) - transferred to Rigga hesia (Hewitson, 1870)
• Parphorus ira (Butler, 1870) - transferred to Rigga ira (Butler, 1870)
• Parphorus oeagrus (Godman, [1900]) - transferred to Rigga oeagrus (Godman, [1900])
• Parphorus paramus (Bell, 1947) - transferred to Rigga paramus (Bell, 1947)
• Parphorus sapala (Godman, [1900]) - transferred to Rigga sapala (Godman, [1900])

External links

• 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.