Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

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Genus:
Darpa Moore, 1865 . Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 : 781.    [BHLBHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : PYRGINAE : PYRGINI

Type-species:
Darpa hanria Moore, 1865. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. : 781, pl.42, fig.2.    [BHLBHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
Cowan (1970: 45) stated:-

"1965 to read - 1865", [type-species volume].

The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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