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Butterflies of
the Amazon and Andes
Spangled Golden
Emesis
Emesis cerea
LINNAEUS, 1767
Family - RIODINIDAE
subfamily -
RIODININAE
Tribe -
Incertae sedis
Emesis cerea, Rio Cristalino, Mato
Grosso, Brazil
© Tony Hoare
Introduction
There
are 41 known species
of Emesis, all of which are confined to the
neotropical region.
Most Emesis species are brownish in colour, and
marked with dots and dashes similar in pattern to cerea,
but the latter has metallic silver markings replacing the black markings of the
other Emesis species. It also has a very
distinctive costal lobe on the forewings, similar to that found in
Caria and Symmachia
species. This lobe is more pronounced in males.
Emesis
cerea is distributed from Surinam to Paraguay.
Habitats
This
is a lowland rainforest species found at altitudes between about 200-800m.
Lifecycle
I have no
information specific to cerea. The eggs of
Emesis species are typically white and highly
sculptured. They are laid singly or in clusters of up to 30, according to
species. The known larval foodplants encompass the families Ranunculaceae,
Euphorbiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sterculiaceae, Anacardiaceae and Nyctaginaceae.
Adult behaviour
To
be completed.
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