Lerema Explained

Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Lerema accius (Smith, 1797) – clouded skipper
• Lerema ancillaris (Butler, 1877)
• Lerema ancus (Möschler, 1879)^[3]
• Lerema caraca Mielke, 1992
• Lerema duroca (Plötz, 1882)
• Lerema etelka (Schaus, 1902)
• Lerema geisa (Möschler, 1879)
• Lerema lineosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
• Lerema liris (Evans, 1955)
• Lerema lucius Grishin, 2022
• Lerema lyde (Godman, 1900)
• Lerema pattenii Scudder, 1872
• Lerema valda Evans,1955
• Lerema venias (Bell, 1942)

Former species

• Lerema bipunctata (Mabille, 1889) - synonymized with Lerema pattenii Scudder, 1872
• Lerema coyana Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Ralis coyana (Schaus, 1902)
• Lerema lochius Plötz, 1882 - transferred to Cymaenes lochius (Plötz, 1882)
• Lerema lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - transferred to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Lerema micythus (Godman, 1900) - synonymized with Picova incompta (Hayward, 1942)
• Lerema veadeira Mielke, 1968 - transferred to Veadda veadeira (Mielke, 1968)
• Lerema viridis Bell, 1942 - transferred to Viridina viridis (Bell, 1942)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=15864 Lerema
2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/lerema/ "Lerema Scudder, 1872"
3. Zhang . Jing . Cong . Qian . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2022-03-14 . Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . Insecta Mundi . 2022 . 921 . 35370352 . 8975183 . en.