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Semomesia Westwood, 1851
Semomesia Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 455, TS: Papilio croesus Fabricius
Semomesia (Mesosemiina) ; Stichel
Semomesia (Mesosemiini) ; Harvey, 1987
Semomesia (Mesosemiina) ; Hall, 2003, Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 33; [NL4A, 146]

Semomesia geminus (Fabricius, 1793)
Brazil(Bahia). See [About maps] Hesperia geminus Fabricius, 1793; , TL: "America"
Semomesia mnesinoe Westwood, 1851; (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #302]
Mesosemia coelestina Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: pl. 6, TL: Brazil, Bahia
= ; [NL4A, #302]
Mesosemia geminus ; Hewitson, 1858, Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mesosemia II-III): [85], pl. [44], f. 21-22
Semomesia geminus ; [NL4A, #302]

Semomesia croesus (Fabricius, 1777)
-. See [About maps] Papilio croesus Fabricius, 1777; Genera Insectorum : 259
Mesosemia croesus ; Hewitson, 1858, Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mesosemia II-III): [86], pl. [44], f. 25-26
Semomesia croesus ; [BOW: pl. 78, f. 19]; [EBW]; [NL4A, #303]
Surinam, Brazil(Bahia, Pará) Mesosemia arybas Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Bahia
= ; [NL4A, #303a]
Mesosemia sylvicolens Butler, 1877; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2) : 127, TL: Forest at head of Iripixy, Rio Trombetas [Brazil, Pará]
= ; [NL4A, #303a]
Semomesia croesus croesus ; [NL4A, #303a]
S. c. meana (Hewitson, 1858)
Brazil(Amazonas) Mesosemia meana Hewitson, 1858; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mesosemia II-III): [86], pl. [44][, f. 23-24, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia croesus meana ; [NL4A, #303c]
S. c. trilineata (Butler, 1874)
Brazil(Amazonas), Colombia, Peru Mesosemia trilineata Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 429, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Mesosemia thymetina Butler, 1869; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #303e (in part)]
Semomesia splendida Seitz, 1913; , TL: [Peru]
= ; [NL4A, #303e]
Semomesia croesus trilineata ; [NL4A, #303e]
S. c. lacrimosa Stichel, 1915
Colombia croesus lacrimosa Stichel, 1915; , TL: Colombia
Semomesia croesus lacrimosa ; [NL4A, #303b]
S. c. siccata Stichel, 1919
Bolivia croesus siccata Stichel, 1919; , TL: Bolivia
Semomesia croesus siccata ; [NL4A, #303d]
S. c. undosa Stichel, 1919
Ecuador croesus undosa Stichel, 1919; , TL: Ecuador
Semomesia croesus undosa ; [NL4A, #303f]

Semomesia alyattes Zikán, 1952
-. See [About maps] Semomesia alyattes Zikán, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia alyattes ; [NL4A, #304]
Brazil(Amazonas) Semomesia alyattes alyattes ; [NL4A, #304a]
S. a. cecilae Gallard, 1997
French Guiana alyattes cecilae Gallard, 1997; , TL: French Guiana
Semomesia alyattes cecilae ; [NL4A, #304b]

Semomesia capanea (Cramer, 1779)
-. See [About maps] Papilio capanea Cramer, 1779; , TL: Surinam
Semomesia capanea ; [NL4A, #305]
Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil(Pará) generis (Doubleday, 1847) (Mesosemia); (nom. nud.), TL: French Guiana
= ; [NL4A, #305a]
formosa (Westwood, 1851) (Mesosemia); , TL: French Guiana
= ; [NL4A, #305a]
Mesosemia maria Butler, 1877; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2) : 128, TL: Lake Arapecu, Rio Trombeta, [Brazil, Pará]
= ; [NL4A, #305a]
Semomesia capanea capanea ; [NL4A, #305a]
S. c. ionima Stichel, 1910
Brazil(Amazonas) capanea ionima Stichel, 1910; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
f. turgida Stichel, 1919; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
= ; [NL4A, #305b]
Semomesia capanea ionima ; [NL4A, #305b]
S. c. sodalis Stichel, 1919
Peru capanea sodalis Stichel, 1919; , TL: Peru
Semomesia capanea sodalis ; [NL4A, #305c]

Semomesia marisa (Hewitson, 1858)
-. See [About maps] Mesosemia marisa Hewitson, 1858; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mesosemia II-III): [86], pl. [44], f. 27, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia marisa ; [NL4A, #306]
Brazil(Amazonas, Pará) Semomesia geometrica Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
= ; [NL4A, #306a]
Semomesia marisa gentilis Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Pará
= ; [NL4A, #306a]
Semomesia croesus semiatra Seitz, 1916; , TL: [Brazil, Amazonas]
= ; [NL4A, #306a]
Semomesia marisa marisa ; [NL4A, #306a]
S. m. hewitsoni Stichel, 1915
Brazil(Pará) marisa hewitsoni Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Semomesia marisa hewitsoni ; [NL4A, #306b]

Semomesia macaris (Hewitson, 1859)
Brazil(Amazonas), Peru. See [About maps] Mesosemia macaris Hewitson, 1859; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mesosemia IV-VI): [87], pl. [45], f. 31-32, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Semomesia macaris ; [NL4A, #307]

Semomesia tenella Stichel, 1910
-. See [About maps] Semomesia tenella Stichel, 1910; , TL: Peru
Semomesia tenella ; [NL4A, #308]
Peru Semomesia tenella tenella ; [NL4A, #308a]
S. t. aetherea Stichel, 1910
Peru tenella aetherea Stichel, 1910; , TL: Peru
Semomesia tenella aetherea ; [NL4A, #308b]
S. t. optima Stichel, 1915
Brazil(Pará) tenella optima Stichel, 1915; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Semomesia tenella optima ; [NL4A, #308d]
S. t. lucana Stichel, 1924
Ecuador tenella lucana Stichel, 1924; , TL: Ecuador
Semomesia tenella lucana ; [NL4A, #308c]

Semomesia nesti (Hewitson, 1858)
French Guiana. See [About maps] Mesosemia nesti Hewitson, 1858; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mesosemia II-III): [83], pl. [43], f. 11-12, TL: French Guiana
Semomesia nesti ; [NL4A, #309]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea


Some related literature:
Butler, 1874
Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of diurnal Lepidoptera in the collection of Herbert Druce Esq. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 423-436, pl. 6
Butler, 1877
On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by James W. H. Trail, Esq. during the years 1873 to 1875 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2) : 105-156, pl. 3
Westwood, 1851
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Fabricius, 1777
Genera Insectorum eorumque characters naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem ... Genera Insectorum : 1-310
Hall, 2003
Phylogenetic reassessment of the five forewing radial-veined tribes of the Riodininae (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 23-37
Hewitson, 1858; Hewitson, 1859
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [4] : (Systematic Index) IV, (Clerome): [1-2], pl. [1] (1863), (Drusilla & Hyantis): [3-4], pl. [2] (1862), (Dasyophthalma & Thaumantis): [5-6], pl. [3] (1862), (Morpho I): [7-8], pl. [4] (1856), (Pavonia I-II): [9-10], pl. [5-6] (1877), (Opsiphanes): [11-12], pl. [7] (1873), (Corades): [13-14], pl. [8] (1863), (Pronophila): [15-16], pl. [9] (1857), (Pronophila II): [17-18], pl. [10] (1860), (Pronophila III-IV): [19-22], pl. [11-12] (1868), (Pronophila V): [23-24], pl. [13] (1871), (Pronophila VI-VII): [25-28], pl. [14-15] (1872), (Pronophila VIII-IX): [29-32], pl. [16-17] (1874), (Debis I): [33-34], pl. [18] (1862), (Debis II-III): [35-38], pl. [19-20] (1863), (Haetera): [39-40], pl. [21] (1860), (Daedalma): [41-42], pl. [22] (1858), (Euptychia & Ragadia): [43-44], pl. [23] (1862), (Hypocista): [45-46], pl. [24] (1863), (Mycalesis I-IV): [47-54], pl. [25-28] (1862), (Mycalesis V-VI): [55-58], pl. [29-30] (1864), (Mycalesis VII-VIII): [59-62], pl. [31-32] (1866), (Mycalesis IX): [63-64], pl. [33] (1873), (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65-66], pl. [34] (1877), (Idiomorphus): [67-68], pl. [35] (1865), (Melanitis): [69-70], pl. [36] (1863), (Taxila): [71-72], pl. [37] (1861), (Taxila II): [73-74], pl. [38] (1862), (Sospita): [75-76], pl. [39] (1861), (Sospita II): [77-78], pl. [40] (1862), (Dodona Sospita): [79-80], pl. [41] (1866), (Mesosemia I): [81-82], pl. [42] (1857), (Mesosemia II-III): [83-86], pl. [43-44] (1858), (Mesosemia IV-VI): [87-92], pl. [45-47] (1859), (Mesosemia VII-VIII): [93-96], pl. [48-49] (1860), (Mesosemia IX-X): [97-100], pl. [50-51] (1870), (Mesosemia XI): [101-102], pl. [52] (1871), (Mesosemia XII): [103-104], pl. [53] (1873), (Eurygona I-II): [105-108], pl. [54-55] (1853), (Eurygona III-IV): [109-112], pl. [56-57] (1855), (Eurygona V-VII): [113-118], pl. [58-60] (1856), (Eurygona VIII): [119-120], pl. [61] (1860), (Eurygona IX): [121-122], pl. [62] (1870), (Eurygona X): [123-124], pl. [63] (1872)
Ménétriés, 1855
Enumeratio corporum animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropilitanae. Classis Insectorum, Ordo Lepidopterorum Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 1-66, pl. 1-6, (supplement) 67-112 (1855), 2: 67-97,99-144, pl. 7-14 (1857), 3: 145-161, pl. 15-18 (1863)


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