ERYTHROMERIS OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, July 8, 2006

ERYTHROMERIS OF THE WORLD

Erythromeris saturniata male, Sogamoso, Boyaca, Colombia,
found on an Ericacea in a Paramo near Sogamoso (3200m of elevevation) and reared in captivity on Pieris sp,
courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.

Erythromeris saturnata on heather (Ericacae), Sogamoso, Boyaca, Colombia,
courtesy of Andrea Cuellar Criollo, via Thibaud Decaens.

ERYTHROMERIS Lemaire, 1969

The genus Erythromeris belongs to the Hemileucini tribe of the Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Larvae have urticating spines.

P indicates an image is available. The first country listed is the specimen type locality.

Listing of Erythromeris

P flexilineata (Dognin, 1911) eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador
P obscurior Lemaire, 1975 eastern Ecuador
P saturniata (Walker, 1865) Colombia

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