Lerema | |
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Lerema accius | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Lerema Scudder, 1872 |
Synonyms | |
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Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. [1] [2]
The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.
Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria.
Choranthus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Eutychide is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Lychnuchus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Mnaseas is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Oechydrus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Porphyrogenes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.
Psoralis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Rhinthon is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Telemiades is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.
Ephyriades is a genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. All the species are found in Central America and the Caribbean.