Mielke and Casagrande (2016) argue for its placement to remain in tribe Pyrgini until more in-depth reclassification has taken place.

[2] Both species were at the time newly described by Bell from specimens from the collection of Hesperiidae held by the National Museum of Natural History.

[1] In a 2016 revision by Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke and Mirna Martins Casagrande, several changes to the genus were made: Eurypterus peruvianus and Tosta sapasoa were transferred to Iliana; Tosta capra and Tosta saltarana were synonymized to Iliana romulus; I. purpurascens and I. heros were transferred out of the genus; and three new species of Iliana were described.

[1] As of Mielke & Casagrande 2016, the genus contains the following species:[1] In Bell, Ernest Layton (1937).

"New genera and species of Neotropical Hesperiidae with notes on others (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)" (PDF).