Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of
skipper butterflies
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
of the subfamily
Eudaminae
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of '' Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North Amer ...
,Funet /ref> within which it is placed in subtribe Cephisina.
Species
Per Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species:
*'' Cephise aelius'' (Plötz, 1880) – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
*'' Cephise burnsi'' Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Espírito Santo).
*'' Cephise callias'' (Mabille, 1888)
*'' Cephise cephise'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Brazil, Peru
*'' Cephise glarus'' (Mabille, 1888) – Brazil (Pará)
*'' Cephise guatemalaensis'' (Freeman, 1977) – Guatemala, south Mexico
*'' Cephise impunctus '' Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Rondônia)
*'' Cephise maculatus'' Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Rondônia)
*'' Cephise malesedis'' Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Rondônia)
*'' Cephise mexicanus'' Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Mexico
*'' Cephise nuspesez'' Burns, 1996 – Mexico, Costa Rica
*'' Cephise procerus'' (Plötz, 1880) – Brazil (Pará), Mexico to Venezuela