''Semomesia capanea'' is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family Riodinidae. It is found in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

Subspecies

*''Semomesia capanea capanea'' (Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil: Pará) *''Semomesia capanea ionima'' Stichel, 1910 (Brazil: Amazonas) *''Semomesia capanea sodalis'' Stichel, 1919 (Peru)

References

Butterflies described in 1779 Riodinidae Lepidoptera of French Guiana Riodinidae of South America Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Riodinidae-stub