White-patched emesis
male, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Tribe:	Emesiini
Genus:	Emesis
Species:	E. lucinda
Binomial name
Emesis lucinda (Cramer, [1775]) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio lucindaCramer, [1775] Papilio dyndimaCramer, [1780] Papilio lassusFabricius, 1787 Emesis lucinda opacaStichel, 1910

Emesis lucinda (white-patched emesis or lucinda metalmark) is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and in Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. ^[2]

Subspecies

Emesis aurimna , Emesis eurydice , Emesis castigata , Emesis fastidiosa , Emesis glaucescens , Emesis liodes and Emesis spreta were all treated as subspecies of Emesis lucinda, but are now considered full species. ^[3]

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