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Mesosemiini

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Mesosemiini
Plate illustrating Mesosemia and Napaea see plate text
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[1]

Genera

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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.[2]

Some notable Mesosemiini species from the Amazon[3]

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Brower (2007); see also references in Savela (2008)
  2. ^ Brower (2007)
  3. ^ Garwood et al. (2007)

References

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