Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona:
Riodinidae ( Metalmarks)
Mormon metalmark (Apodemia mormo mormo )
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Last updated: 18 Oct 2005
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Riodinidae
[10 Species listed, all figured]
- Fatal metalmark --- Calephelis nemesis nemesis
- Arizona metalmark --- Calephelis arizonensis
- Zela metalmark
--- Emesis zela cleis
- Ares metalmark
--- Emesis ares
- Mormon metalmark
--- Apodemia mormo mormo [ larvae ]
- Mexican metalmark
--- Apodemia mormo mejicana
- Hepburn's Metalmark --- Apodemia hepburni. Very rare stray. [ Distinguishing hepburni from palmeri]
- Palmer's metalmark
--- Apodemia palmerii arizona
- Crescent Metalmark
--- Apodemia phyciodoides. Original report may have been in error or else extinct in Arizona (common in parts of Sonora).
- Nais metalmark
--- Apodemia nais
Bruce Walsh. jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu .
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