| Mesosemiini | |
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| Plate illustrating Mesosemia and Napaea see plate text | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Mesosemiini Bates, 1859 |
| Subtribes | |
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Mesosemiina Hall, 2003 | |
The Mesosemiini are one of the tribes of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). They are the basalmost living tribe of the Riodininae, outside the main radiation together with the slightly more advanced Eurybiini.[1]
- ^ Brower (2007); see also references in Savela (2008)