Tapena

Tapena
Tapena thwaitesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Tapena
Moore, 1881

Tapena is a monotypic genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae.The single species Tapena thwaitesi ranges from Sri Lanka to Malaysia (Indomalaya ecozone).

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