Mycopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

When that genus was described by Alan R. Smith in 1993, he divided it into five informal groups.

Subsequent morphological and molecular studies showed that while Terpsichore was polyphyletic, its groups were largely monophyletic and could furnish the basis of new genera.

Sundue initially placed seventeen species in the genus, one of which was newly described and another elevated from a variety.

As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[3] Members of the genus are found from Mexico east into the East Indies and south to Bolivia.