Taxonavigation

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Moncina
Genus: Lerodea
Species: L. arabus – L. casta – L. dysaules – L. emba – L. erythrostictus – L. eufala – L. gracia – L. similea – L. williamsi – L. xenos

Name

Lerodea Scudder, 1872: 80.

Type species: Hesperia eufala Edwards, 1869: 311. By original designation.

Synonyms

• Lerodes Skinner, 1906.
• Leroda Woodworth, 1912.
• Lesodea Köhler, 1923.
• Lerodia Brown & Mielke, 1967.
• Lorodea Silva, et al. 1968.

(all mis-spellings)

References

• Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Zoobank. Reference page. 

• Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page. 

• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

• Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page.