Emesis lucinda
Appearance
White-patched emesis | |
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male, Panama | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Tribe: | Emesiini |
Genus: | Emesis |
Species: | E. lucinda
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Binomial name | |
Emesis lucinda | |
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Emesis lucinda (white-patched emesis or lucinda metalmark) is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and in Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.
The wingspan is about 36 mm.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]Emesis aurimna, Emesis eurydice, Emesis castigata, Emesis fastidiosa, Emesis glaucescens, Emesis liodes and Emesis spreta were all treated as subspecies of Emesis lucinda, but are now considered full species.[3]
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