Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Papilionoidea
Riodinidae
- Semomesia Westwood, [1851]
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Semomesia Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 455, TS: Papilio croesus Fabricius
Semomesia (Mesosemiina) ; Stichel
Semomesia (Mesosemiini) ; Harvey, 1987
Semomesia (Mesosemiina) ; Hall, 2003, Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 33; [NL4A, 146]
Brazil(Bahia). See [About maps]
Hesperia geminus Fabricius, 1793; , TL: "America"
Semomesia mnesinoe Westwood, 1851; (nom. nud.)
Mesosemia coelestina Ménétriés, 1855; , TL: Brazil, Bahia
Semomesia geminus ; [NL4A, #302]
-. See [About maps]
Papilio croesus Fabricius, 1777; Genera Insectorum ...: 259
Semomesia croesus ; [BOW: pl. 78, f. 19]; [EBW]; [NL4A, #303]
Surinam, Brazil(Bahia, Pará)
Mesosemia arybas Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Bahia
Mesosemia sylvicolens Butler, 1877; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Semomesia croesus croesus ; [NL4A, #303a]
Brazil(Amazonas)
croesus meana (Hewitson, 1858) (Mesosemia); , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia croesus meana ; [NL4A, #303c]
Brazil(Amazonas), Colombia, Peru
croesus trilineata (Butler, 1874) (Mesosemia); , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Mesosemia thymetina Butler, 1869; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #303e (in part)]
Semomesia splendida Seitz, 1913; , TL: [Peru]
Semomesia croesus trilineata ; [NL4A, #303e]
Colombia
croesus lacrimosa Stichel, 1915; , TL: Colombia
Semomesia croesus lacrimosa ; [NL4A, #303b]
Bolivia
croesus siccata Stichel, 1919; , TL: Bolivia
Semomesia croesus siccata ; [NL4A, #303d]
Ecuador
croesus undosa Stichel, 1919; , TL: Ecuador
Semomesia croesus undosa ; [NL4A, #303f]
-. See [About maps]
Semomesia alyattes Zikán, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia alyattes ; [NL4A, #304]
Brazil(Amazonas)
Semomesia alyattes alyattes ; [NL4A, #304a]
French Guiana
alyattes cecilae Gallard, 1997; , TL: French Guiana
Semomesia alyattes cecilae ; [NL4A, #304b]
-. See [About maps]
Papilio capanea Cramer, 1779; , TL: Surinam
Semomesia capanea ; [NL4A, #305]
Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil(Pará)
generis (Doubleday, 1847) (Mesosemia); (nom. nud.), TL: French Guiana
formosa (Westwood, 1851) (Mesosemia); , TL: French Guiana
maria (Butler, 1877) (Mesosemia); , TL: Brazil(Pará)
Semomesia capanea capanea ; [NL4A, #305a]
Brazil(Amazonas)
capanea ionima Stichel, 1910; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
f. turgida Stichel, 1919; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia capanea ionima ; [NL4A, #305b]
Peru
capanea sodalis Stichel, 1919; , TL: Peru
Semomesia capanea sodalis ; [NL4A, #305c]
-. See [About maps]
Mesosemia marisa Hewitson, 1858; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia marisa ; [NL4A, #306]
Brazil(Amazonas, Pará)
Semomesia geometrica Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia marisa gentilis Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Semomesia croesus semiatra Seitz, 1916; , TL: [Brazil, Amazonas]
Semomesia marisa marisa ; [NL4A, #306a]
Brazil(Pará)
marisa hewitsoni Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Semomesia marisa hewitsoni ; [NL4A, #306b]
Brazil(Amazonas), Peru. See [About maps]
Mesosemia macaris Hewitson, 1859; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia macaris ; [NL4A, #307]
-. See [About maps]
Semomesia tenella Stichel, 1910; , TL: Peru
Semomesia tenella ; [NL4A, #308]
Peru
Semomesia tenella tenella ; [NL4A, #308a]
Peru
tenella aetherea Stichel, 1910; , TL: Peru
Semomesia tenella aetherea ; [NL4A, #308b]
Brazil(Pará)
tenella optima Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Semomesia tenella optima ; [NL4A, #308d]
Ecuador
tenella lucana Stichel, 1924; , TL: Ecuador
Semomesia tenella lucana ; [NL4A, #308c]
French Guiana. See [About maps]
Mesosemia nesti Hewitson, 1858; , TL: French Guiana
Semomesia nesti ; [NL4A, #309]
1.8.2007 (8)
- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [BOW]
- Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- [EBW]
- Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
- [NL4A]
- Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
- Some related literature:
- Westwood, [1851]
- The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846),
19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847),
133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848),
201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849),
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850),
327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851),
467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
- Hall, 2003
- Phylogenetic reassessment of the five forewing radial-veined tribes of the Riodininae (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)
Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 23-37
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