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.
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Subtribe Mesosemiina
Subtribe Napaeina
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Some notable Mesosemiini species from the Amazon
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Mesosemiina
- Mesophthalma idotea <small>Westwood, 1851</small>
- Mesosemia anthaerice <small>(Hewitson, 1859)</small>
- Mesosemia asa
- Mesosemia calypso
- Mesosemia cippus
- Mesosemia coea <small>(Hübner, 1819)</small>
- Mesosemia eumene
- Mesosemia euphyne <small>(Cramer, 1777)</small>
- Mesosemia hyphaea
- Mesosemia ibycus <small>(Hewitson, 1859)</small>
- Mesosemia ibycus parishi
- Mesosemia macella <small>Hewitson, 1859</small>
- Mesosemia magete
- Mesosemia melaene
- Mesosemia melese <small>Hewitson, 1860</small>
- Mesosemia melpia
- Mesosemia messeis
- Mesosemia methion
- Mesosemia metope
- Mesosemia minos
- Mesosemia philocles <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Mesosemia sifia
- Mesosemia steli <small>(Hewitson, 1857)</small>
- Mesosemia tenura
- Mesosemia thymetina
- Mesosemia ulrica
- Perophthalma tullius <small>(Fabricius, 1782)</small>
Napaeina
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Footnotes
References