Psoralis Explained

Psoralis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

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

• Psoralis arva (Evans, 1955)
• Psoralis calcarea (Schaus, 1902)
• Psoralis idee Weeks, 1901
• Psoralis laska (Evans, 1955)
• Psoralis pamba (Evans, [1955])
• Psoralis sabina Freeman, 1969
• Psoralis stacara Schaus, 1902
• Psoralis umbrata (Erschoff, 1876)
• Psoralis visendus (E. Bell, 1942)

Former species

• Psoralis alis Bell, 1959 - synonymized with Chitta chittara (Schaus, 1902)
• Psoralis concolor Nicolay, 1980 - transferred to Ralis concolor (Nicolay, 1980)
• Psoralis darienensis Gaviria, Siewert, Mielke and Casagrande, 2018 - transferred to Alychna darienensis (Gaviria, Siewert, Mielke and Casagrande, 2018)
• Psoralis mirnae Siewert, Nakamura and Mielke, 2014 - transferred to Alychna mirnae (Siewert, Nakamura and Mielke, 2014)
• Psoralis sabaeus Mabille, 1904 - synonymized with Pamphila idee Weeks, 1901
• Psoralis venta Evans, 1955 - transferred to Alychna venta (Evans, 1955)

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.