Lerema

Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.[1][2]

Lerema
Lerema accius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Lerema
Scudder, 1872
Synonyms
  • Sarega Mabille, 1904

Species

  • Lerema accius (Smith, 1797) – clouded skipper
  • Lerema ancillaris (Butler, 1877)
  • Lerema ancus (Möschler, 1879)[3]
  • Lerema caraca Mielke, 1992
  • Lerema duroca (Plötz, 1882)
  • Lerema etelka (Schaus, 1902)[3]
  • Lerema geisa (Möschler, 1879)[3]
  • Lerema lineosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
  • Lerema liris (Evans, 1955)
  • Lerema lucius Grishin, 2022[3]
  • Lerema lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Lerema lyde (Godman, 1900)[3]

Former species

  • Lerema coyana Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Ralis coyana (Schaus, 1902)
  • Lerema veadeira Mielke, 1968 - transferred to Veadda veadeira (Mielke, 1968)
  • Lerema viridis Bell, 1942 - transferred to Viridina viridis (Bell, 1942)

References

  1. Lerema at the Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
  2. "Lerema Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.


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