Biology:Emesis lucinda
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| White-patched emesis | |
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| male, Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Tribe: | Emesiini |
| Genus: | Emesis |
| Species: | E. lucinda
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| Binomial name | |
| Emesis lucinda (Cramer, [1775])[1]
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Emesis lucinda (white-patched emesis or lucinda metalmark) is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and in Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil .
The wingspan is about 36 mm.[2]
Subspecies
Emesis aurimna, Emesis eurydice, Emesis castigata, Emesis fastidiosa, Emesis glaucescens, Emesis liodes and Emesis spreta were all treated as subspecies of Emesis lucinda, but are now considered full species.[3]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q2317641 entry
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