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Taxonomy of Genus Mesosemia Hübner, 1819


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
TribeMesosemiini
Bates, 1859
16
814
Genera
Species
SubtribeMesosemiina
Stichel, 1910
7
617
Genera
Species
GenusMesosemia
Hübner, 1819
462Species
Subnodes of Mesosemia Hübner, 1819
SpeciesMesosemia ackeryi Brévignon, 1997
SpeciesMesosemia acuta Hewitson, 1873
SpeciesMesosemia adelphina Stichel, 1909  ⇒ Mesosemia loruhama
SpeciesMesosemia adida Hewitson, 1869
SpeciesMesosemia aesthetica Stichel, 1909  ⇒ Mesosemia loruhama
SpeciesMesosemia aguilata Dognin, 1893
SpeciesMesosemia ahava Hewitson, 1869
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia albata Stichel, 1924
SpeciesMesosemia albipuncta Schaus, 1913
White-spotted Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia ama Hewitson, 1869
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia amarantus Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia amiana Felder, 1861
SpeciesMesosemia amicula Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia amona Hewitson, 1875
SpeciesMesosemia analoga Seitz, 1916
SpeciesMesosemia anceps Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia ancilla Stichel, 1925  ⇒ Mesosemia sirenia
SpeciesMesosemia anica Druce, 1904
SpeciesMesosemia antaerice Hewitson, 1859
SpeciesMesosemia araeostyla Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia asa Hewitson, 1869
5Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia asopis Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia atachibakka Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia atroculis Butler, 1874  ⇒ Mesosemia messeis
SpeciesMesosemia attalus Seitz, 1913  ⇒ Mesosemia eumene
SpeciesMesosemia attavus Zikan, 1952
SpeciesMesosemia bahia Callaghan, 1999
SpeciesMesosemia balza d´Abrera, 1994  ⇒ Mesosemia mamilia
SpeciesMesosemia balzae B.L. D´Abrera, 1994  ⇒ Mesosemia mamilia
SpeciesMesosemia bari d´Abrera, 1994  ⇒ Mesosemia esmeralda
SpeciesMesosemia battis Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia bella Sharpe, 1890
SpeciesMesosemia bersabana Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia bettina Stichel, 1909  ⇒ Mesosemia philocles
SpeciesMesosemia bifasciata Hewitson, 1877  ⇒ Mesosemia ama
SpeciesMesosemia blandina Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia cachiana Schaus, 1913  ⇒ Mesosemia coelestis
SpeciesMesosemia calliops Rebillard, 1958
SpeciesMesosemia calypso Bates, 1868  ⇒ Mesosemia maeotis
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia candara Druce, 1904
SpeciesMesosemia cardeni
SpeciesMesosemia carderi H. Druce, 1904
SpeciesMesosemia carissima H. Bates, 1866
Blue-patched Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia caucana Stichel, 1926
SpeciesMesosemia cecropia Druce, 1874
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia celer H.F.E.J. Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia hypermegala
SpeciesMesosemia ceropia H. Druce, 1874
Spying Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia chalybaea Röber, 1903
SpeciesMesosemia chalybea Röber, 1903  ⇒ Mesosemia metuana
SpeciesMesosemia chionodes Stichel, 1909  ⇒ Mesosemia hypermegala
SpeciesMesosemia cinerea Stichel, 1929  ⇒ Mesosemia loruhama
SpeciesMesosemia cippus Hewitson, 1859
SpeciesMesosemia coea Hübner, 1816
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia coelestis Cramer, 1776
Pale-blue Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia coenosa Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia naiadella
SpeciesMesosemia cordillerensis Salazar & Constantino, 1993
SpeciesMesosemia cordillerrensis Salazar & Constantino, 1993
SpeciesMesosemia cyanira Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia cymatodis Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia cymotaxis Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia dealbata Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia decolorata Lathy, 1932
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia destituta Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia dryadella Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia dulcis Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia egabella Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesosemia elegans Lathy, 1904  ⇒ Mesosemia jeziela
SpeciesMesosemia ephyne Cramer, 1776
SpeciesMesosemia epidius Hewitson, 1859
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia erinnya Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia esmeralda Gallard & Brévignon, 1989
SpeciesMesosemia esperanza Schaus, 1913
Esperanza Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia eugenea Stichel, 1910
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia eumene Cramer, 1776
6Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia eurythmia Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia evias Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesosemia exilinea Gallard, 2015
SpeciesMesosemia fassli Seitz, 1917
SpeciesMesosemia firmitas Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia flavofasciata Talbot, 1929  ⇒ Mesosemia pacifica
SpeciesMesosemia fluminensis Zikan, 1952
SpeciesMesosemia formosa Cramer, 1779  ⇒ Mesosemia gneris
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia frequens Butler & Druce, 1874
SpeciesMesosemia friburgensis Schaus, 1902
SpeciesMesosemia furia Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia gaudiolum H. Bates, 1865
Gaudy Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia gemina Maza, J & R. Maza, 1980
Turquoise Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia gertraudis Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia gigantea Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia glaucoma Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia gneris Westwood, 1851
SpeciesMesosemia gonduta Doubleday, 1847  ⇒ Mesosemia rhodia
SpeciesMesosemia grandis H. Druce, 1874
Giant Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia halmus Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesosemia harveyi DeVries & J. Hall, 1996
Harvey´s Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia hazelae Willmott & Hall, 1994  ⇒ Mesosemia sibyllina
SpeciesMesosemia hedwigis Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia hesperina Butler, 1874
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia hiphia Hübner, 1816  ⇒ Mesosemia eumene
SpeciesMesosemia hypermegala Stichel, 1909
Hiding Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia ibycus Hewitson, 1860
SpeciesMesosemia idotea Westwood, 1851
SpeciesMesosemia impedita Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia inconspicua Lathy, 1932
SpeciesMesosemia iphigenia Stichel, 1926
SpeciesMesosemia iphinoe Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesosemia isis Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia loruhama
SpeciesMesosemia isshia Butler, 1869
SpeciesMesosemia jeziela Butler, 1869
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia jucunda Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesosemia judicialis Butler, 1874
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia junta Stichel, 1910
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia kahuapayani Hall, J & Harvey, 2004
SpeciesMesosemia kwokii d´Abrera, 1994
SpeciesMesosemia lacernata Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia laetifica Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesosemia lamachus Hewitson, 1857
Purple-washed Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia lamprosa Stichel, 1910  ⇒ Mesosemia ulrica
SpeciesMesosemia lapillus Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia lasus Westwood, 1847
SpeciesMesosemia latissima Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia latizonata Butler, 1874
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia lato Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia levis Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia limbata Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia loruhama Hewitson, 1869
8Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia luperca Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia lupita C.R. Beutelspacher, 1975  ⇒ Mesosemia gaudiolum
SpeciesMesosemia lycorias Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia macaris Hewitson, 1859  ⇒ Semomesia macaris
SpeciesMesosemia macella Hewitson, 1859
SpeciesMesosemia machaera Hewitson, 1860
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia macrina C. & R. Felder, 1865
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia maela
SpeciesMesosemia maenades
SpeciesMesosemia maeotis Hewitson, 1859
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia maera Hewitson, 1873
SpeciesMesosemia maesta Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia naiadella
SpeciesMesosemia magete Hewitson, 1860
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia magnessa Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia mamilia Hewitson, 1870
SpeciesMesosemia mancia Hewitson, 1870
SpeciesMesosemia martha Prittwitz, 1865  ⇒ Mesosemia rhodia
SpeciesMesosemia materna Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia mathania Schaus, 1902
SpeciesMesosemia mayi Lathy, 1958
SpeciesMesosemia meeda Hewitson, 1858
SpeciesMesosemia mehida Hewitson, 1869
SpeciesMesosemia melaena Zikan, 1952  ⇒ Mesosemia machaera
SpeciesMesosemia melaene Hewitson, 1859
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia melese Hewitson, 1860
SpeciesMesosemia meletia Felder, 1865
SpeciesMesosemia melpia Hewitson, 1859
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia meneotes Hewitson, 1859
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia menippus Fabricius, 1776
SpeciesMesosemia mennonia Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia menoetes Hewitson, 1859
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia mesoba Hewitson, 1873
SpeciesMesosemia mesopa Jacoby, 1903
SpeciesMesosemia messala Hewitson, 1870
SpeciesMesosemia messeis Hewitson, 1860
7Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia methion Hewitson, 1860  ⇒ Mesosemia lamachus
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia methuana
SpeciesMesosemia metope Hewitson, 1859
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia metuana C. & R. Felder, 1865
7Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia metura Hewitson, 1873
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia mevania Hewitson, 1857
7Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia mimallonis Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia minima Seitz, 1916  ⇒ Mesosemia phelina
SpeciesMesosemia mino s Hewitson, 1859
SpeciesMesosemia minos Hewitson, 1859
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia minutula Gallard, 1996
SpeciesMesosemia mirita Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
SpeciesMesosemia misipsa Hewitson, 1859  ⇒ Mesosemia ephyne
SpeciesMesosemia modica Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia modulata Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia moesia Hewitson, 1857
SpeciesMesosemia molina Godman & Salvin, 1885
SpeciesMesosemia monaeses
SpeciesMesosemia mosera Hewitson, 1860
SpeciesMesosemia munda Stichel, 1909  ⇒ Mesosemia mevania
SpeciesMesosemia mustela Hewitson, 1870  ⇒ Mesosemia macrina
SpeciesMesosemia mycene Hewitson, 1870
SpeciesMesosemia myonia Hewitson, 1860
SpeciesMesosemia myrmecias Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia naiadella Stichel, 1909
5Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia nerine Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia nesti Hewitson, 1857  ⇒ Semomesia nesti
SpeciesMesosemia nina Herbst, 1798  ⇒ Mesosemia gneris
SpeciesMesosemia nitida Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesosemia nora Stichel, 1925
SpeciesMesosemia nyctea Hoffmansegg, 1818
7Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia nympharena Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia odice Godart, 1824
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia olivencia Bates, 1868
SpeciesMesosemia orbona Godman, 1903
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia oreas Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia orthia Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia osinia Cramer, 1777
SpeciesMesosemia ozora Hewitson, 1869
SpeciesMesosemia pacifica Stichel, 1926
SpeciesMesosemia paetula Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia palatua Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia putli
SpeciesMesosemia paramba Druce, 1904
SpeciesMesosemia pardalis Callaghan, 2001
SpeciesMesosemia parishi Druce, 1904  ⇒ Mesosemia ibycus
SpeciesMesosemia patientia Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia patruelis Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia philocles
SpeciesMesosemia perspicacitas Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia phace Godman, 1903
SpeciesMesosemia phelina Felder, 1862
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia philocles Linnaeus, 1758
13Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia pinguilenta Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia polyglauca Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia porce Rodríguez, Constantino & Salazar, 2009
SpeciesMesosemia portentosa Salazar, Constantino & Rodríguez, 2009
SpeciesMesosemia praeculta Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia presbo Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesMesosemia pruinosa Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia putli Seitz, 1913
SpeciesMesosemia pythonica Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesosemia quadralineata Hall, J & Harvey, 2004
SpeciesMesosemia ramsdeni Skinner, 1912
SpeciesMesosemia reba Hewitson, 1869
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia renatus Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesMesosemia rhodia Godart, 1824
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia rosina Stoll, 1780
SpeciesMesosemia rubeola Stichel, 1916
SpeciesMesosemia sabina Doubleday, 1847  ⇒ Mesosemia friburgensis
SpeciesMesosemia sagacitas Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia salesiana Zikan, 1952
SpeciesMesosemia scotina Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia serenata Stichel, 1923
SpeciesMesosemia sibiyina
SpeciesMesosemia sibyllina Staudingerl, 1887
SpeciesMesosemia sidonia Stichel, 1924
SpeciesMesosemia sifia Boisduval, 1836
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia signata Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia mesoba
SpeciesMesosemia simulans Rebillard, 1958
SpeciesMesosemia sirenia Stichel, 1909
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia steli Hewitson, 1858
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia subtilis Stichel, 1909
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia suspiciosa Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia sylvia Druce, 1878
SpeciesMesosemia sylvina Bates, 1868  ⇒ Mesosemia cippus
SpeciesMesosemia synnephis Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia syntrepha Stichel, 1909  ⇒ Mesosemia loruhama
SpeciesMesosemia taparcha Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia tatabroensis J.A. Salazar & L.M. Constantino, 1993  ⇒ Mesosemia ceropia
SpeciesMesosemia telegone Boisduval, 1836
4Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia tenacitas Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia tenebricosa Hewitson, 1877
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia tenebrosa
SpeciesMesosemia tenuivittata Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia testis Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia tetrica Stichel, 1910  ⇒ Mesosemia lamachus
SpeciesMesosemia tetrophthalma Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia teulem Brévignon, 1995
SpeciesMesosemia thera Godman, 1903
SpeciesMesosemia thetys Godman & Salvin, 1885
SpeciesMesosemia thyas Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia thyene Stichel, 1910  ⇒ Mesosemia jeziela
SpeciesMesosemia thyestes Druce, 1878
SpeciesMesosemia thymetina Fabricius, 1777  ⇒ Semomesia croesus
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia thymetus Cramer, 1777
3Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia tisis Godart, 1824
SpeciesMesosemia titea Stoll, 1791
SpeciesMesosemia toparcha Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia tosca Staudinger, 1888  ⇒ Mesosemia messeis
SpeciesMesosemia traga Hewitson, 1859  ⇒ Mesosemia coea
SpeciesMesosemia trotschi B.L. D´Abrera, 1994  ⇒ Mesosemia coelestis
SpeciesMesosemia ulrica Cramer, 1777
8Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia ulricella Herbst, 1798
SpeciesMesosemia ultio Hübner, 1816  ⇒ Mesosemia ulrica
SpeciesMesosemia umbria Stichel, 1926  ⇒ Mesosemia mevania
SpeciesMesosemia umbrosa Stichel, 1909
SpeciesMesosemia ungulata Stichel, 1915
SpeciesMesosemia vaporosa Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia veleda Stichel, 1910
SpeciesMesosemia vemania Constantino, Salazar & Rodríguez, 2009
SpeciesMesosemia veneris Butler, 1871
SpeciesMesosemia vicina Stichel, 1926
SpeciesMesosemia vigilantia Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia vigilentia Brévignon, 2013
SpeciesMesosemia visenda Stichel, 1915  ⇒ Mesosemia antaerice
SpeciesMesosemia walteri Brévignon, 1998
1Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia wanda Stichel, 1926  ⇒ Mesosemia sibyllina
SpeciesMesosemia yaparogosa L.W.S. Mengel, 1899  ⇒ Mesosemia macrina
SpeciesMesosemia yaporogosa Mengel, 1899  ⇒ Mesosemia macrina
SpeciesMesosemia zanoa Hewitson, 1869
2Subspecies
SpeciesMesosemia zikla Hewitson, 1870
SpeciesMesosemia zonalis Godman & Salvin, 1885
Whitened Eyed-Metalmark
SpeciesMesosemia zorea Hewitson, 1869
4Subspecies

Synonyms
Diophtalma (J.B.A.D. Boisduval, 1836)
Diophthalma (Agassiz, 1846)
Mesonemia (Godman & Salvin, 1880)


Distribution of Mesosemia Hübner, 1819
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe


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