Cynea
Genus of butterflies
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Cynea is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
| Cynea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Hesperiini |
| Genus: | Cynea Evans, 1955 |
Species
Recognised species in the genus Cynea include:[1]
- Cynea cannae (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869)
- Cynea corisana (Plötz, 1882)
- Cynea cynea (Hewitson, 1876)
- Cynea cyrus (Plötz, 1883)
- Cynea diluta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Cynea hycsos (Mabille, 1891)
- Cynea iquita (Bell, 1941)
- Cynea irma (Möschler, 1878)
- Cynea melius (Geyer, 1832)
- Cynea robba Evans, [1955]
Former species
- Cynea osembo (Stoll, 1782) - synonymized to Cymaenes diluta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)