Gomalia
Genus of butterflies
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Gomalia is a genus of marbled skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are three described species in Gomalia.
| Gomalia | |
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| Gomalia albofasciata, Asian Marbled Skipper, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Carcharodini |
| Genus: | Gomalia Moore, 1879 |
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Gomalia albofasciata was formerly considered subspecies of Gomalia elma, and Gomalia jeanneli was formerly considered a synonym of Gomalia elma. They were both reinstated as full species as a result of genomic research published in 2020.[1][2]
Species
These species belong to the genus Gomalia:[1][2]
- Gomalia albofasciata Moore, 1879 (Asian marbled skipper)
- Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862) (green-marbled skipper or African marbled skipper)
- Gomalia jeanneli (Picard, 1949)
