Emesis lucinda

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])
Synonyms
	Papilio lucinda Cramer, [1775]; Papilio dyndima Cramer, [1780]; Papilio lassus Fabricius, 1787; Emesis lucinda opaca Stichel, 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 edit

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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