Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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)
References
External links Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80