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Drephalys Dracarys
''Drephalys'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini. The genus was established in 1893 by Edward Yerbury Watson, who assigned ''Eudamus helixus'' (now ''Drephalys helixus'') as type species of the genus. Species According to Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species across two subgenera: Subgenus ''Paradrephalys'' Burns, 2000 * ''Drephalys oria'' Evans, 1952 * ''Drephalys oriander'' (Hewitson, 1867) * ''Drephalys talboti'' (Le Cerf, 1922) * ''Drephalys dumeril'' (Latreille, [1824]) * ''Drephalys croceus'' Austin, 1995 * ''Drephalys tortus'' Austin, 1995 Subgenus ''Drephalys'' E. Watson, 1893 * ''Drephalys alcmon'' (Cramer, 1780) * ''Drephalys mourei'' O. Mielke, 1968 * ''Drephalys helixus'' (Hewitson, 1877) * ''Drephalys kidonoi'' Burns, 2000 * ''Drephalys phoenicoides'' (Mabille & Boullet, 1919) * ''Drephalys phoenice'' (Hewitson, 1867) * ''Drephalys heraclides'' E. Bell, 1942 * ''Drephalys citrinus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Yerbury Watson
Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera most notably Hesperiidae. Yerbury Watson was born in British India to Joanna and George Edward Watson. He joined the North Lancashire regiment as Lieutenant in 1884 later joining the Madras Staff Corps (6 Feb 1884) and rising to become Deputy Assistant Commissary General on the Indian Staff Corps. He died from a shot fired during the Tirah Campaign. He was a Member of the Bombay Natural History Society, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and from 1891 of the Entomological Society of London. His India collections are conserved by the Natural History Museum, London. Works * A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera (1893). ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1893: pages 3–132A key to the Asiatic genera of the Hesperiidae (1895). ''The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.'' 9(4): pages: 411- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |