Leona (skipper)

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Leona

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Tribe:  | Erionotini
Genus:  | Leona
Evans, 1937

Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 1.1 Species
* 1.2 Former species
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Taxonomy

The genus was treated as a synonym of Caenides by Lindsey & Miller in 1965 and by Ackery et al. in 1995. It was later treated as a valid genus by Larsen in 2005.[1]

### Species

* Leona allyni (Miller, 1971)
* Leona halma Evans, 1937
* Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
* Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
* Leona na (Lindsey & Miller, 1965)
* Leona stoehri (Karsch, 1893)

### Former species

* Leona binoevatus (Mabille, 1891) \- transferred to Lennia lena (Mabille, 1891)
* Leona lena Evans, 1937 \- transferred to Lennia lena (Evans, 1937)
* Leona lissa Evans, 1937 \- transferred to Lissia lissa (Evans, 1937)
* Leona lota Evans, 1937 \- transferred to Lennia lota (Evans, 1937)
* Leona luehderi (Plötz, 1879) \- transferred to Lissia luehderi (Plötz, 1879)
* Leona maracanda (Hewitson, 1876) \- transferred to Lennia maracanda (Hewitson, 1876)

## References

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1. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

## External links

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
* Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80

Wikidata ☰ Q18096050 entry

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