''Mesosemia'' is a

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in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the

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. This genus rather closely approximates the genus '' Eurybia'', though it is by no means so uniform. Also here there is in most of the species almost exactly above the middle of the forewing a large eyespot which often exhibits two or three white pupils, and where it is absent, one mostly finds yet its traces in the shape of a small central shade or minute cloud. The ''Mesosemia'' differ from the ''Eurybia'' by their smaller heads, the shorter antennae, the borders of the forewings being generally slightly curved, the short abdomen mostly not reaching as far as the anal angle, the longer hindwings being often geniculate (knee like) in the middle of the distal margin, or angularly protended (held out). The row of distal marginal spots of the hindwing is always absent, the hindwings, however, show in the disk more or less parallel transverse stripes. The sexual dimorphism, which is not noticed in ''Eurybia'' is here the rule and mostly very much pronounced. The butterflies are often met with on blossoms, still oftener on leaves, but they seem to rest much on their under surface in order to come forth only for a short time for the sake of copulation and feeding. Then they perform jerky movements on the leaves, stretching the antennae straight forward, placing the hindwings flat on the leaf and slightly raising the forewings. In this manner they hasten from one leaf to another, from one branch to another, more jumping than flying, as Fassl expresses himself. The butterflies are partly extremely local and some of them are very rare.Seitz, A. 1916. Family:Erycinidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5:617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kerne

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Species

*'' Mesosemia ackeryi'' Brévignon, 1997 present in

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

*'' Mesosemia acuta'' Hewitson, 1873 present in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' Mesosemia adida'' Hewitson, 1869 present in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

*''

Mesosemia ahava ''Mesosemia'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. This genus rather closely approximates the genus '' Eurybia'', though it is by no means so uniform. Also here there is in most of the species alm ...

'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador,

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and

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*'' Mesosemia albipuncta'' Schaus, 1913 present in

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

and

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

*'' Mesosemia amarantus'' Stichel, 1910 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia anceps'' Stichel, 1915 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia antaerice'' Hewitson, 1859 present in French Guiana,

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

, Ecuador and Brazil *'' Mesosemia araeostyla'' Stichel, 1915 present in Guyana *'' Mesosemia asa'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Costa Rica,

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

, Panama, Ecuador and

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

*'' Mesosemia bahia'' Callaghan, 1999 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia bella'' Sharpe, 1890 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia carderi'' Druce, 1904 present in Colombia *'' Mesosemia carissima'' Bates, 1866 present in Costa Rica and Panama *'' Mesosemia ceropia'' Druce, 1874 present in Costa Rica and Colombia *'' Mesosemia coelestis'' Godman & Salvin,

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/small> present in Costa Rica and Colombia *'' Mesosemia cordillerrensis'' Salazar & Constantino, 1993 present in Colombia *'' Mesosemia cyanira'' Stichel, 1909 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia cippus'' Hewitson, 1859 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia cymotaxis'' Stichel, 1910 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia decolorata'' Lathy, 1932 present in Brazil and French Guiana *'' Mesosemia dulcis'' Stichel, 1910 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia ephyne'' (Cramer, 1776) present in French Guiana, French Guiana, Suriname, Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia epidius'' Hewitson, 1859 present in French Guiana *'' Mesosemia erinnya'' Stichel, 1910 Ecuador and Peru. *'' Mesosemia esmeralda'' Gallard & Brévignon, 1989 present in French Guiana *'' Mesosemia esperanza'' Schaus, 1913 present in Costa Rica and Panama *'' Mesosemia eugenea'' Stichel, 1910 present in Suriname and Brazil *'' Mesosemia eumene'' (Cramer, 1776) present in French Guiana, French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Bolivia Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia eurythmia'' Stichel, 1915 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia evias'' Stichel, 1923 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia friburgensis'' Schaus, 1902 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia gaudiolum'' Bates, 1865

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, Nicaragua and

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

*'' Mesosemia gemina'' J. & R. G. Maza, 1980 present in Mexico *'' Mesosemia gertraudis'' Stichel, 1910 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia gneris'' Westwood, 1851 present in Suriname, Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia grandis'' Druce, 1874 present in Costa Rica and Panama *'' Mesosemia harveyi'' DeVries & Hall, 1996 present in Costa Rica and Panama *'' Mesosemia hedwigis'' Stichel, 1910 present in Peru and Bolivia *'' Mesosemia hesperina'' Butler, 1874 present in Costa Rica, Nicaragua,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

and Brazil *'' Mesosemia hypermegala'' Stichel, 1909 present in Costa Rica and Colombia *'' Mesosemia jucunda'' Stichel, 1923 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia ibycus'' Hewitson, 1859 *'' Mesosemia impedita'' Stichel, 1909 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia inconspicua'' Lathy, 1932 present in French Guiana *'' Mesosemia isshia'' Butler, 1869 present in Colombia *'' Mesosemia judicialis'' Butler, 1874 present in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. *'' Mesosemia kwokii'' D'Abrera, 1860 present in Colombia *'' Mesosemia lacernata'' Stichel, 1909 present in Suriname *'' Mesosemia lamachus'' Hewitson, 1857 present in Mexico,

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Colombia *'' Mesosemia lapillus'' Stichel, 1910 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia latizonata'' Butler, 1874 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia loruhama'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. *'' Mesosemia luperca'' Stichel, 1910 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia lycorias'' Stichel, 1915 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia macella'' Hewitson, 1859 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia machaera'' Hewitson, 1860 present in Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia *'' Mesosemia macrina'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in Ecuador and Colombia *'' Mesosemia maeotis'' Hewitson, 1859 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia magete'' Hewitson, 1860 present in Suriname and Brazil *'' Mesosemia mamilia'' Hewitson, 1870 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia mancia'' Hewitson, 1870 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia mathania'' Schaus, 1902 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia mayi'' Lathy, 1958 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia meeda'' Hewitson, 1858 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia melaene'' Hewitson, 1859 present in Brazil French Guiana *'' Mesosemia melese'' Hewitson, 1860 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia melpia'' Hewitson, 1859 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia menoetes'' Hewitson, 1859 present in French Guiana, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia messeis'' Hewitson, 1860 present in Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru *'' Mesosemia mesoba'' Hewitson,

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/small> present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia methion'' Hewitson, 1860 present in Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago *'' Mesosemia metope'' Hewitson, 1859 present in French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia mehida'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia mevania'' Hewitson, 857/small> present in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia *'' Mesosemia metuana'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia *'' Mesosemia metura'' Hewitson,

/small> present in Peru *'' Mesosemia mino''s Hewitson, 1859 present in Suriname and Brazil *'' Mesosemia minutula'' Gallard, 1996 present in French Guiana *'' Mesosemia misipsa'' Hewitson, 1859 Brazil *'' Mesosemia modulata'' Stichel, 1910 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia moesia'' Hewitson, 857/small> present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia mosera'' Hewitson, 1860 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia myonia'' Hewitson, 1859 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia myrmecias'' Stichel, 1910 present in French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Bolivia *'' Mesosemia naiadella'' Stichel, 1909 present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia nerine'' Stichel, 1909 present in Bolivia *'' Mesosemia nyctea'' (Hoffmannsegg, 1818) present in Suriname and Brazil *'' Mesosemia nympharena'' Stichel, 1909 present in French Guiana *'' Mesosemia odice'' (Godart,

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present in Brazil and

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

*'' Mesosemia olivencia'' Bates, 1868 present in Peru and Brazil *'' Mesosemia orbona'' Godman, 1903 present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Colombia *'' Mesosemia ozora'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia pacifica'' Stichel, 1926 present in Colombia *'' Mesosemia pardalis'' Callaghan, 2001 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia phace'' Godman, 1903 present in Guyana *'' Mesosemia philocles'' (Linnaeus, 1758) present in Suriname and Brazil *'' Mesosemia praeculta'' Stichel, 1910 present in Bolivia *'' Mesosemia putli'' Seitz, 1913 present in Peru *'' Mesosemia reba'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia rhodia'' (Godart,

/small> present in Brazil) *'' Mesosemia scotina'' Stichel, 1909 present in Suriname *'' Mesosemia sibyllina'' Staudinger,

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/small> present in Ecuador and Colombia *'' Mesosemia sifia'' (Boisduval, 1836) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador and Colombia *'' Mesosemia sirenia'' Stichel, 1909 present in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru *''

Mesosemia steli ''Mesosemia'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. This genus rather closely approximates the genus '' Eurybia'', though it is by no means so uniform. Also here there is in most of the species alm ...

'' Hewitson, 1858 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia subtilis'' Stichel, 1909 present in Bolivia and Peru *'' Mesosemia synnephis'' Stichel, 1909 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia telegone'' (Boisduval, 836 present in Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia *'' Mesosemia tenebricosa'' Hewitson, 1877 present in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru *'' Mesosemia teulem'' Brévignon, 1995 present in French Guiana *'' Mesosemia thera'' Godman, 1903 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia thetys'' Godman & Salvin,

/small> present in Colombia *'' Mesosemia thyas'' Stichel, 1910 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia thymetus'' (Cramer, 1777) present in Suriname and Colombia *'' Mesosemia ulrica'' (Cramer, 1777) present in Suriname, Ecuador and Peru *'' Mesosemia veneris'' Butler, 1871 present in Brazil *'' Mesosemia zanoa'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador and Colombia *'' Mesosemia zikla'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador *'' Mesosemia zonalis'' Godman & Salvin,

/small> present in Honduras and Panama *'' Mesosemia zorea'' Hewitson, 1869 present in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru *'' Mesosemia walteri'' Brévignon, 1998 present in French Guiana

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