Cephise

Cephise is a Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies of the subfamily Eudaminae,^[1] within which it is placed in subtribe Cephisina.^[2]

Species

Per Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species:^[2]

• 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

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database