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Taxonomy of Genus Mesene Doubleday, 1847


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyRiodinidae
Grote, 1895
Metalmark Butterflies, Metalmarks
279
6693
Genera
Species
SubfamilyRiodininae
Grote, 1895
Riodinine Metalmarks, True Metalmarks
157
4939
Genera
Species
TribeSymmachiini
Bates, 1859
14
397
Genera
Species
GenusMesene
Doubleday, 1847
140Species
Subnodes of Mesene Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesene albiplaga Seitz, 1917  ⇒ Mesene epaphus
SpeciesMesene argentea Bates, 1866
SpeciesMesene babosa Hall, J & Willmott, 1995
SpeciesMesene bigemmis Stichel, 1925
SpeciesMesene blandula Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesene bomilcar Stoll, 1790
SpeciesMesene boyi Stichel, 1925
SpeciesMesene capissene Hewitson, 1874  ⇒ Mesene florus
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesene celetes H. Bates, 1868
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesene citrinella Hall, J & Willmott, 1995
SpeciesMesene colombica Seitz, 1917
SpeciesMesene croceella H. Bates, 1865
Guatemalan Metalmark
SpeciesMesene cyneas Hewitson, 1874
SpeciesMesene deliciosa Stichel, 1929
SpeciesMesene discolor Stichel, 1929
SpeciesMesene epalia Godart, 1924
SpeciesMesene epaphus Stoll, 1780
6Subspecies
SpeciesMesene eristalis Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesene eromena Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesene eupteryx Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesene fenestrella Bates, 1868  ⇒ Mesene paraena
SpeciesMesene fissurata Stichel, 1929
SpeciesMesene florus Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesMesene genialis Stichel, 1923  ⇒ Mesene epaphus
SpeciesMesene glisa Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesene gracielae Dolibaina, Dias, Mielke & Casagrande, 0
SpeciesMesene grumaensis C.J. Callaghan & J.A. Salazar, 1999  ⇒ Mesene ingrumaensis
SpeciesMesene guttula Stichel, 1916
SpeciesMesene hay
SpeciesMesene heclemanni
SpeciesMesene herteli Zikan, 1952
SpeciesMesene hewitsoni Boisduval, 1870
SpeciesMesene hya Westwood, 1851
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesene hyale C. & R. Felder, 1865
SpeciesMesene iabda Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesene icterias Stichel, 1910  ⇒ Mesene silaris
SpeciesMesene ineptus Stichel, 1916
SpeciesMesene ingrumaensis Callaghan & Salazar, 1999
SpeciesMesene jimena Callaghan , Llorente-Bousquets & Luis-Martinez, 2011
SpeciesMesene juanae Zikan, 1952  ⇒ Mesene sardonyx
SpeciesMesene lampedo Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesene lecointrei Jauffret & Côrecha Jauffret, 2008
SpeciesMesene leucogyna Hall, J & Lamas, 2007
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesene leucophrys H. Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesene leucopus Godman & Salvin, 1886
White-legged Metalmark
SpeciesMesene lyicoris Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesene macularia Boisduval, 1870
SpeciesMesene mahurya C. Brévignon, 1993
SpeciesMesene margaretta White, A, 1843
Zebra-tipped Metalmark
5Subspecies
SpeciesMesene martha Schaus, 1902  ⇒ Mesene leucophrys
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesene monostigma Erichson, 1849
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesene mulleola Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesene mygdon Schaus, 1913
Red Metalmark
SpeciesMesene nepticula Möschler, 1877
5Subspecies
SpeciesMesene nigrocinctus Sepp, 1852
SpeciesMesene nola Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
6Subspecies
SpeciesMesene nydia Bates, 1868  ⇒ Mesene nola
SpeciesMesene oriens Butler, 1870  ⇒ Mesene margaretta
Oriens Metalmark
SpeciesMesene ostenta Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesene palea Stichel, 1925  ⇒ Mesene florus
SpeciesMesene paraena H. Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesene patawa Brévignon, 1995
SpeciesMesene peruviana Lathy, 1932
SpeciesMesene pharea J. Hübner, 1819
SpeciesMesene phareolus Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesene phareus Cramer, 1777  ⇒ Mesene leucophrys
Cell-barred Metalmark, Cramer'S Mesene, Red devil
11Subspecies
SpeciesMesene philonis Hewitson, 1874  ⇒ Mesene epalia
SpeciesMesene pullula Stichel, 1910  ⇒ Mesene leucophrys
SpeciesMesene pyrippe Hewitson, 1874
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesene pyrrha Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesene reda Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesene rochesteri Weeks, 1906  ⇒ Mesene celetes
SpeciesMesene rubella Bates, 1865
SpeciesMesene sanguilenta Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesene sardonyx Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesene semiradiata Felder, 1865
SpeciesMesene sertata Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesene silaris Godman & Salvin, 1878
Yellow Metalmark
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesene simpla Kaye, 1913
SpeciesMesene simplex H. Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesene speculum Seitz, 1917  ⇒ Mesene epaphus
SpeciesMesene stigmosa Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesene strigulata Schaus, 1902  ⇒ Mesene florus
SpeciesMesene subfusca Lathy, 1932
SpeciesMesene veleda Stichel, 1923
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesene verecunda Stichel, 1910  ⇒ Mesene leucophrys
SpeciesMesene wickhami Riley, 1919  ⇒ Mesene leucophrys

Synonyms
Agathina (A. White, 1843)
Emesis (J.K.W. Illiger, 1807)


Distribution of Mesene Doubleday, 1847
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Found in fossile formations
Rott Formation


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