Semomesia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Eurybiini
Subtribus: Mesosemiina
Genus: Semomesia
Species: S. alyattes – S. capanea – S. cecilae – S. croesus – S. geminus – S. macaris – S. marisa – S. nesti – S. tenella – S. wallacei
Name

Semomesia Westwood, 1851

Type species: Papilio croesus Fabricius, 1777
References

Brévignon, C. & Gallard, J.-Y. 1997: Inventaire des Riodinidae de Guyane Française II-Riodininae: Mesosemiini, Eurybiini, Incerta Sedis. Description de nouveaux taxa. (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea, 97(3): 322–342. Reference page.
Jauffret, P. & J. Corêcha Jauffret, 2009: The genus Semomesia Hübner, 1851 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Mesosemiini): One new species and one new subspecies from Brazil. Lambillionea CIX, 3 sept.: 258–266.
Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Semomesia is a genus of metalmark butterflies.
Species[1]

Semomesia alyattes Zikán, 1952
Semomesia capanea (Cramer, 1779)
Semomesia croesus (Fabricius, 1777)
Semomesia geminus (Fabricius, 1793)
Semomesia macaris (Hewitson, 1859)
Semomesia marisa Marisa eyemark (Hewitson, 1858)
Semomesia nesti (Hewitson, 1858)
Semomesia tenella Stichel, 1910

S. marisa mating
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
References

Semomesia, funet.fu