Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Erora Scudder, 1872 . Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 4 : 32.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : LYCAENIDAE : THECLINAE : EUMAEINI

Type-species:
Thecla laeta Edwards, 1862. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 14: 55.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
Oppler & Warren, 2003. Butterflies of North America 2. Scientific Names List of Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University include Erora in the tribe Eumaeini.

The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

Learn more about Lycaenidae in Wikipedia.

See images at Butterflies of America.

Search the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) for references to ERORA and included species.