Biology:Mesosemiini

Short description: Tribe of butterflies

Mesosemiini
Plate illustrating Mesosemia and Napaea see plate text
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Mesosemiini Bates, 1859
Subtribes
Mesosemiina Hall, 2003 Napaeina Hall, 2003 For genera, see text

The Mesosemiini are one of the tribes of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). They are the basalmost living tribe of the Riodininae, outside the main radiation together with the slightly more advanced Eurybiini.

Genera

As numerous Riodinidae genera have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary.

In each subtribe, the genera are arranged in phylogenetic sequence, from the most plesiomorphic to the most apomorphic.

Subtribe Mesosemiina

• Eunogyra
• Teratophthalma
• Mesosemia
• Leucochimona
• Semomesia
• Mesophthalma
• Perophthalma

Subtribe Napaeina

• Hyphilaria
• Napaea - includes Cremna
• Voltinia - includes Eucorna
• Ionotus - formerly in Cremna
• Hermathena
• Ithomiola

Some notable Mesosemiini species from the Amazon

Mesosemiina

• Mesophthalma idotea Westwood, 1851
• Mesosemia anthaerice (Hewitson, 1859)
• Mesosemia asa
• Mesosemia calypso
• Mesosemia cippus
• Mesosemia coea (Hübner, 1819)
• Mesosemia eumene
• Mesosemia euphyne (Cramer, 1777)
• Mesosemia hyphaea
• Mesosemia ibycus (Hewitson, 1859)
  • Mesosemia ibycus parishi
• Mesosemia macella Hewitson, 1859
• Mesosemia magete
• Mesosemia melaene
• Mesosemia melese Hewitson, 1860
• Mesosemia melpia
• Mesosemia messeis
• Mesosemia methion
• Mesosemia metope
• Mesosemia minos
• Mesosemia philocles (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Mesosemia sifia
• Mesosemia steli (Hewitson, 1857)
• Mesosemia tenura
• Mesosemia thymetina
• Mesosemia ulrica
• Perophthalma tullius (Fabricius, 1782)

Napaeina

• Hyphilaria anophthalma
• Hyphilaria parthensis (Westwood, 1851)
• Hyphilaria thasus
• Napaea actoris (Cramer, 1776)
• Napaea eucharila (Bates, 1867)
• Napaea nepos

References

• Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2007): Tree of Life Web Project - Mesosemiini Bates, 1859. Version of 2007-JUN-04. Retrieved 2008-JUL-07.
• Garwood, K.M.; Lehman, Carter W. & Carter, G. (2007): Butterflies of Southern Amazonia. Neotropical Butterflies, Mission, Texas.
• Savela, Markku (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Riodinidae. Version of 2008-FEB-23. Retrieved 2008-JUL-07.

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