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    <periodOfReport>2015-10-05</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001519632</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LRR Energy, L.P.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LRE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001524921</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Butta Christopher A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LRR ENERGY, L.P.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5847 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 3000</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77057</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. V.P. of Eng. &amp; Chief Eng.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common units representing limited partner interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-10-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1400</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposition pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2015, by and among Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (&quot;Vanguard&quot;), Lighthouse Merger Sub, LLC, Lime Rock Management LP, Lime Rock Resources A, L.P., Lime Rock Resources B, L.P., Lime Rock Resources C, L.P., Lime Rock Resources II-A, L.P., Lime Rock Resources II-C, L.P., LRR Energy, L.P. (&quot;LRE&quot;) and LRE GP, LLC in exchange for 0.55 common units of Vanguard for every common unit of LRE disposed. On the effective date of the merger, the closing price of the Vanguard common units was $7.98 per unit.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Christopher A. Butta</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-10-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
