Lerema

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Lerema
Clouded Skipper - Lerema accius, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia (37173824623).jpg
Lerema accius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Lerema
Scudder, 1872
Synonyms
  • SaregaMabille, 1904

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

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References

  1. ↑ Lerema at the Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
  2. ↑ "Lerema Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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). PMC   8975183 . PMID   35370352.


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