{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}} {{Speciesbox | image = Leptalina unicolor1.jpg | parent_authority = Mabille, 1904 | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Leptalina unicolor | authority = (Bremer & Grey, [1852])<ref>[https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/heteropterinae/leptalina/index.html ''Leptalina''] at funet.fi</ref> | synonyms = *''Steropes unicolor'' <small>Bremer & Grey, [1852]</small> *''Steropes ornatus'' <small>Bremer, 1861</small> }}
'''''Leptalina''''' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, '''''Leptalina unicolor''''', which is found in eastern China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East (Amur). The habitat consists of humid meadows. The species is endangered by habitat decline, and worldwide populations have decreased significantly.<ref name="Choi-et-al-2019">{{cite journal |last1=Choi |first1=Jong-Yun |last2=Kim |first2=Seong-Ki |last3=Back |first3=You-Hyune |last4=Jeon |first4=Ju-A |last5=Kim |first5=Jeong-Cheol |last6=Yun |first6=Jong-Hak |title=Influence of plant on distribution of an endangered butterfly, ''Leptalina unicolor'' (Bremer & Grey, 1853), in restored riverside areas along the Geum River |journal=Journal of Ecology and Environment |date=19 August 2019 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=32 |doi=10.1186/s41610-019-0129-0 |doi-access=free |issn=2288-1220}}</ref>
Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including ''Miscanthus sacchariflorus'', ''Setaria'' and ''Phragmites'' species.<ref>[https://rusinsects.com/hesperid/hes-lept.htm Russian Insects]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Wikispecies}} {{Commons}} *[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database] *[https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=26260 images representing ''Leptalina'' ] at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Category:Skipperlings Category:Monotypic butterfly genera Category:Skipper (butterfly) genera Category:Taxa named by Paul Mabille Category:Taxa described in 1904
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