Leona

About Leona

Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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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.

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 binoevatus (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)

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