''Adlerodea'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of
grass skippers
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
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Species
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Adlerodea lemba
''Adlerodea'' is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separa ...
'' Evans, 1955 – type locality Brazil
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Adlerodea mineira
''Adlerodea'' is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*''Adlerodea lemba
''Adlerodea'' is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in th ...
'' O. Mielke, 1968 – type locality Brazil
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Adlerodea modesta
''Adlerodea'' is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*''Adlerodea lemba'' Evans, 1955 – type locality Brazil
*''Adlerodea mineira
''Adlerodea'' is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family He ...
'' Hayward, 1940 – type locality Argentina
Former species
*''Adlerodea petrovna'' - transferred to ''
Ludens petrovna
Ludens (meaning playing in Latin) may refer to:
* Ludens, a fictional race in the Noon Universe
* ''Ludens'' (skipper), a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae
* ''Homo Ludens'' (book) ("Man the Player", alternatively "Playing Man"), a book ...
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(Schaus, 1902)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
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Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae of South America
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa described in 1940
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