Emesiini Explained

Emesiini is a tribe of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. There are at least 2 genera and about 15 described species in Emesiini.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These two genera belong to the tribe Emesiini:

• Apodemia C. & R. Felder, [1865]
• Emesis Fabricius, 1807

References

• Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading

• Book: Grote . Aug.R.. Robinson . C.T.. 1868. List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. 9780665043895.
• Heppner. J.B.. 2003. Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas . 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 0066-8036. 2018-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423112356/http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf. 2018-04-23. dead.
• Book: Hodges . Ronald W.. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. 9780860960164.
• Book: Opler . Paul A.. 1992. A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. 0-395-63279-X.
• Book: Opler . Paul A.. 1999. A Field Guide to Western Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. Second Edition. 0-395-79151-0.
• Pelham . Jonathan P.. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. 1–658. 10.5962/p.332201. 248737151. 0022-4324. free.
• Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 2016. Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.
• Trujano-Ortega . M.. García-Vázquez . U.O.. Callaghan . C.J.. Ávalos-Hernández . O.. Luis-Martínez . M.A.. Llorente-Bousquets . J.E.. 4. 2018. Two new genera of metalmark butterflies of North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). ZooKeys. 729. 61–85. 10.3897/zookeys.729.20179. 29416392. 5799793. free.

External links

• Web site: Butterflies and Moths of North America. 2018-03-04.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emesiini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-26.
2. Web site: Emesiini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-26.
3. Web site: Pelham . Jonathan P. . July 1, 2017 . A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada . Butterflies of America. 2018-01-26.