''Lerodea'' is a genus of
skippers
Skipper or skippers may refer to:
Rank
* Skipper (boating), a person who has command of a vessel
* Skipper (rank), a former warrant rank in the British Royal Naval Reserve. Also informal for an officer of sergeant rank in British policing
* Th ...
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 ...
.
Species
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Lerodea eufala
''Lerodea eufala'', the Eufala skipper or rice leaffolder, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the coast of Georgia, south through Florida and west across the southern United States to southern California, south ...
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(Edwards, 1869) -
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
by original genus designation
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Lerodea arabus
''Lerodea arabus'', known generally as the violet-clouded skipper or olive-clouded skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiid ...
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(Edwards, 1882)
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Lerodea casta
''Lerodea'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Lerodea eufala'' (Edwards, 1869) - type species by original genus designation
*'' Lerodea arabus'' (Edwards, 1882)
*'' Lerodea casta'' (Hayward, 1942)
*''Lerodea emba
...
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(Hayward, 1942)
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Lerodea emba
''Lerodea'' is a genus of skipper (butterfly), skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*''Lerodea eufala'' (Edwards, 1869) - type species by original genus designation
*''Lerodea arabus'' (Edwards, 1882)
*''Lerodea casta'' (Hayward, 1942)
* ...
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(Evans, 1955)
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Lerodea erythrostictus
''Lerodea'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Lerodea eufala'' (Edwards, 1869) - type species by original genus designation
*'' Lerodea arabus'' (Edwards, 1882)
*''Lerodea casta'' (Hayward, 1942)
*''Lerodea emba
...
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(Prittwitz, 1868)
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Lerodea gracia
''Lerodea'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Lerodea eufala'' (Edwards, 1869) - type species by original genus designation
*'' Lerodea arabus'' (Edwards, 1882)
*''Lerodea casta'' (Hayward, 1942)
*''Lerodea emba'' ( ...
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(Dyar, 1913)
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Lerodea sonex
''Lerodea'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Lerodea eufala'' (Edwards, 1869) - type species by original genus designation
*'' Lerodea arabus'' (Edwards, 1882)
*''Lerodea casta'' (Hayward, 1942)
*''Lerodea emba'' ( ...
''
Grishin, 2022
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Lerodea williamsi
''Lerodea'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Lerodea eufala'' (Edwards, 1869) - type species by original genus designation
*'' Lerodea arabus'' (Edwards, 1882)
*''Lerodea casta'' (Hayward, 1942)
*''Lerodea emba'' ( ...
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(Hayward, 1942)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
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