Apodemia
Encyclopedia
Apodemia is a New World genus
of metalmark butterflies
found from Canada to Brazil.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of metalmark butterflies
Riodinidae
The Riodinidae are a family of butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. There are approximately 1,000 species of metalmark butterflies in the world...
found from Canada to Brazil.
Species
- Apodemia castanea (Prittwitz, 1865) -- Castanea Metalmark
- Apodemia chisosensis (Freeman, 1964) -- Chisos Metalmark
- Apodemia duryi (Edwards, 1882) -- Mexican Metalmark
- Apodemia hepburni (Godman & Salvin, 1886) -- Hepburn's Metalmark
- Apodemia hypoglauca (Godman & Salvin, 1878) -- Falcate Metalmark
- Apodemia mejicanus (Behr, 1865) -- Sonoran Metalmark or Mexican Metalmark
- Apodemia mormoApodemia mormoThe Mormon Metalmark is a species of Metalmark butterfly . Its upperside is orange-brown to black, checkered with black and white spots. Its caterpillar host is various species of Eriogonum...
(C. & R. Felder, 1859) -- Mormon Metalmark (type)- Apodemia mormo langei (C. & R. Felder, 1859) -- Lange's Metalmark
- Apodemia murphyi (Austin, 1988) -- Murphy's Metalmark
- Apodemia multiplaga (Schaus, 1902) -- Narrow-winged Metalmark
- Apodemia nais (Edwards, 1876) -- Nais Metalmark
- Apodemia palmeriApodemia palmeriPalmer's Metalmark or Gray Metalmark is a species of Metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. It is found from western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, southern Nevada and southern California south to central Mexico and Baja California.The wingspan is 20–30 mm...
(Edwards, 1870) -- Palmer's Metalmark or Gray Metalmark - Apodemia paucipuncta (Spitz, 1930)
- Apodemia phyciodoides (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) -- Crescent Metalmark
- Apodemia virgulti (Behr, 1865) -- Behr's Metalmark
- Apodemia walkeri (Godman & Salvin, 1886) -- Walker's Metalmark