Cynea

Cynea is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database