Emesiini

Emesiini
Apodemia mejicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Emesiini Stichel, 1911

Emesiini is a tribe of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. There are at least 2 genera and about 15 described species in Emesiini.

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

• Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. ISBN 9780665043895.
• Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
• Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
• Opler, Paul A. (1992). A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-63279-X.
• Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies. Vol. Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 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. doi:10.5962/p.332201. ISSN 0022-4324. S2CID 248737151.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
• Trujano-Ortega, M.; García-Vázquez, U.O.; Callaghan, C.J.; Ávalos-Hernández, O.; et al. (2018). "Two new genera of metalmark butterflies of North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)". ZooKeys (729): 61–85. doi:10.3897/zookeys.729.20179. PMC 5799793. PMID 29416392.

External links

• "Butterflies and Moths of North America". Retrieved 2018-03-04.
• Media related to Emesiini at Wikimedia Commons