Orange-striped Emesis Emesis cypria paphia R. Felder, 1869

Family: Riodinidae

Subfamily: Riodininae

Tribe: Helicopini

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Range: Emesis cypira paphia ranges from Southern Mexico to Columbia (source: Butterflies of America). Other subspecies are found in South America.

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