Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species Recognised species in the genus Cobalus include: Cobalus fidicula (Hewitson, 1877) Cobalus virbius Cramer, 1777
Former species Cobalus aethus Hayward, 1951 - transferred to Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951) Cobalus arita Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Tigasis arita (Schaus, 1902) Cobalus asella Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - synonymized with Amblyscirtes alternata (Grote and Robinson, 1867) Cobalus calvina (Hewitson, 1866) - transferred to Calvetta calvina (Hewitson, 1866) Cobalus cannae Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Quinta cannae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus chrysophrys Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Mnasitheus chrysophrys (Mabille, 1891) Cobalus cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Methionopsis cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus columbaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 - transferred to Onophas columbaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870) Cobalus corope Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Tigasis corope (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus cristatus Bell, 1930 - transferred to Tricrista cristatus (Bell, 1930) Cobalus discors Plötz, 1882 - transferred to Carystina discors (Plötz, 1882) Cobalus disjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - synonymized with Dubiella dubius (Stoll, 1781) Cobalus duplex Mabille, 1889 - synonymized with Prosopalpus debilis (Plötz, 1879) Cobalus evanidus Mabille, 1883 - synonymized with Mnasilus allubita (Butler, 1877) Cobalus gabina Godman, 1900 - transferred to Neoxeniades gabina (Godman, 1900) Cobalus hypargyra Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Paracarystus hypargyra (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus illudens Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Vehilius stictomenes (Butler, 1877) Cobalus ludens Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Ludens ludens (Mabille, 1891) Cobalus lumina Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus lurida Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Lurida lurida (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus mubevensis Bell, 1932 - transferred to Eutus mubevensis (Bell, 1932) Cobalus quadrata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Xeniades quadrata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus rastaca Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Eutus rastaca (Schaus, 1902) Cobalus simplicissima Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 - transferred to Mnasalcas simplicissima (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870) Cobalus stigmula Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Contrastia distigma (Plötz, 1882) Cobalus tertianus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 - transferred to Mielkeus tertianus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cobalus tripunctus Herrich-Schäffer, 1865 - transferred to Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) Cobalus umbrosus Mabille, 1883 - synonymized with Mnasilus allubita (Butler, 1877)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database