Cynea

Translingual

Etymology

From the species which this genus was circumscribed, Cynea cynea (originally Hesperia cynea), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠνέη (kŭnéē, “leather helmet”). Coined by British entomologist William Harry Evans in 1955.

Proper noun

Cynea f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.

See also

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