Mesene

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Symmachiini
Genus: Mesene
Species: M. babosa – M. bomilcar – M. celetes – M. citrinella – M. croceella – M. cyneas – M. epaphus – M. eupteryx – M. florus – M. gracielae – M. hyale – M. ingrumaensis – M. jimena – M. lecointrei – M. leucogyna – M. leucophrys – M. leucopus – M. mahurya – M. margaretta – M. monostigma – M. mygdon – M. nepticula – M. nola – M. paraena – M. patawa – M. phareus – M. philonis – M. pyrippe – M. sardonyx – M. silaris – M. simplex – M. veleda
Name

Mesene Doubleday, 1847

Type species: Papilio phareus Cramer, 1777
References

Callaghan, C.J. & J. Salazar-Escobar, 1999: A new species of Mesene from Colombia (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 10 (1): 25–26. Full article: [1].
Callaghan, C.J.; Llorente-Bousquets, J.; Luis-Martinez, A. 2011: A new Mexican Mesene (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). Zootaxa, 2896: 53–64. Preview
Dolibaina, D.R., Dias, F.M.S., Siewert, R.R., Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. 2016. Mesene Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) from Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Acre, Brazil, with taxonomic notes and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4175(5): 463–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.4. Reference page.
Hall, J.P.W. & Willmott, K.R. 1995c. Two new species of Mesene from western Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 6(2): 110-112. PDF. Reference page. .
Jauffret, P. & Corêcha Jauffret, J.D. 2008: Le genre Mesene Doubleday, 1847, a l'embouchure de l'Amazone. Description d'une nouvelle espèce (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Lambillionea 108(3): 309–314. Abstract. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.

Mesene is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.

Riodinidae Mesene exhibit many color variations and combinations and vary by geographic region. The males have triangular, pointed, brightly coloured forewings and small ellipsoidal hindwings. In the wing veins the species exhibit great conformity, the second subcostal vein, the upper median vein in the forewing as well as in the hindwing rise before the cell-end. They rest well hidden on the under surface of leaves but fly when disturbed somewhat like geometrids for about 10 to 20 metres always keeping in the middle of the forest roads, in order to drop again into another bush. The larvae are lycaenid like, somewhat like woodlice, fluffily haired; that of M. phareus lives on the extremely poisonous Paullinia pinnata to the leaf of which also the small greenish-yellow pupa is spun.
Species

Mesene babosa Hall & Willmott, 1995 present in Ecuador
Mesene bomilcar (Stoll, 1790) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
Mesene celetes Bates, 1868 present in Venezuela and Brazil
Mesene citrinella Hall & Willmott, 1995 present in Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil
Mesene croceella Bates, 1865 present in Mexico and Costa Rica
Mesene cyneas (Hewitson, 1874) present in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru
Mesene epaphus (Stoll, 1780) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil
Mesene florus (Fabricius, 1793) present in Brazil
Mesene hyale C. & R. Felder, 1865 present in Colombia
Mesene ingrumaensis Callaghan & Salazar, 1999 present in Colombia
Mesene leucophrys Bates, 1868 present in Suriname, Brazil and Peru
Mesene leucopus Godman & Salvin, [1886] present in Guatemala
Mesene margaretta (White, 1843) present in Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia and Venezuela
Mesene monostigma (Erichson, [1849]) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela and Brazil
Mesene mygdon Schaus, 1913 present in Costa Rica and Panama
Mesene nepticula Möschler, 1877 present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil
Mesene nola Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] present in Suriname, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil
Mesene paraena Bates, 1868 present in Brazil
Mesene patawa Brévignon, 1995 present in French Guiana
Mesene phareus (Cramer, [1777]) present in Mexico, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil and Peru
Mesene philonis Hewitson, 1874 present in Brazil
Mesene pyrippe Hewitson, 1874 present in Brazil
Mesene sardonyx Stichel, 1910 present in Colombia
Mesene silaris Godman & Salvin, 1878 present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala and Peru
Mesene simplex Bates, 1868 present in Brazil
Mesene veleda Stichel, 1923 present in Brazil

Sources

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