''Leona'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
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Taxonomy
The genus was treated as a synonym of ''
Caenides
''Caenides'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Caenides benga'' (Holland, 1891) – yellow-patch recluse
*'' Caenides dacela'' (Hewitson, 1876) – common recluse
*'' Caenides dacenilla'' Aurivillius, 1925 – no-sp ...
'' by Lindsey & Miller in 1965 and by Ackery et al. in 1995. It was later treated as a valid genus by Larsen in 2005.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae]
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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
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseSeitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80
Erionotini
Hesperiidae genera
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