''Tapena'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Hesperiidae
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 ...
subfamily Pyrginae.
Species
Recognised species in the genus ''Tapena'' include:
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Tapena bornea''
Evans, 1941 - Malaysia
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Tapena minuscula''
Elwes and Edwards, 1897 - Myanmar
*''
Tapena multiguttata''
de Nicéville, 1890 - Myanmar, Thailand
*''
Tapena thwaitesi''
(Moore, 1881) - Indo-China, Indonesia
*''
Tapena vasava''
(Moore, 866
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murdered by Basil the Macedonian at Miletu ...
- northern India, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and western China
References
Tagiadini
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Indochina
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Hesperiidae genera
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