# Lasaia

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***Lasaia*** is a genus of metalmark [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Riodinidae](/source/Riodinidae). The genus was erected by [Henry Walter Bates](/source/Henry_Walter_Bates) in 1868. There are about 13 described species in *Lasaia*, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2][3][4]

## Species

These species belong to the genus *Lasaia*:

- *[Lasaia aerugo](/source/Lasaia_aerugo)* Clench, 1972
- *[Lasaia agesilas](/source/Lasaia_agesilas)* (Latreille, 1813)
- *[Lasaia arsis](/source/Lasaia_arsis)* Staudinger, 1888
- *[Lasaia incoides](/source/Lasaia_incoides)* (Schaus, 1902)
- *[Lasaia maria](/source/Lasaia_maria)* Clench, 1971
- *[Lasaia meris](/source/Lasaia_meris)* Cramer, 1781
- *[Lasaia moeros](/source/Lasaia_moeros)* Staudinger, 1888
- *[Lasaia narses](/source/Lasaia_narses)* Staudinger, 1888
- *[Lasaia oileus](/source/Lasaia_oileus)* Godman, 1903
- *[Lasaia pallida](/source/Lasaia_pallida)* Grishin, 2024
- *[Lasaia peninsularis](/source/Lasaia_peninsularis)* Clench, 1972
- *[Lasaia pseudomeris](/source/Lasaia_pseudomeris)* Clench, 1971
- *[Lasaia scotina](/source/Lasaia_scotina)* Stichel, 1910
- *[Lasaia sessilis](/source/Lasaia_sessilis)* Schaus, 1890
- *[Lasaia sula](/source/Lasaia_sula)* Staudinger, 1888

## References

1. ["*Lasaia* report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=777578). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

1. ["*Lasaia*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1935274). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

1. ["*Lasaia* genus information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/78588). *BugGuide*. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

1. Savela, Markku (June 13, 2015). ["*Lasaia* Bates, 1868"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/riodinidae/lasaia/#1264). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

## Further reading

- Clench, Harry H. (1972). ["A review of the genus *Lasaia* (Riodinidae)"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224905#page/451/mode/1up). *Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera*. **10** (2): 149–180. [ISSN 0022-4324](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0022-4324)
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). ["A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/225361#page/3/mode/1up). *The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera*. **40**. [ISSN 0022-4324](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0022-4324)
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). [*Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico*](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819). [doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287](https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287)

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