Tapena

Tapena
Tapena thwaitesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Tagiadini
Genus:	Tapena Moore, 1881

Tapena is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae.[1]

Species

Recognised species in the genus Tapena include:[2]

• Tapena bornea Evans, 1941 - Malaysia
• Tapena minuscula Elwes and Edwards, 1897 - Myanmar
• Tapena multiguttata de Nicéville, 1890 - Myanmar, Thailand
• Tapena thwaitesi (Moore, 1881) - Indo-China, Indonesia
• Tapena vasava (Moore, [1866]) - northern India, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and western China

References

1. "Tapena Moore, 1881". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
2. 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). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.