Emesis (butterfly)

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Emesis
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E. cerea
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Female E. lucinda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Tribe: Emesiini
Genus: Emesis
Fabricius, 1807
Species

41, [1] see text

Synonyms
  • AphacitisHübner, [1819]
  • PolystichtisHübner, [1819]
  • TapinaBillberg, 1820
  • NimulaBlanchard, 1840
  • PolystichthisAgassiz, 1846
  • NeloneBoisduval, 1870

Emesis is a Neotropical genus of butterflies.

Species include: [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Emesis orichalceus at Learn About Butterflies
  2. ↑ Emesis thumbnails. Butterflies of America.
  3. ↑ Emesis at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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