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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Metalmarks (Riodinidae) » Riodininae » Emesidini » Apodemia » Palmer's Metalmark - Hodges#4405 (Apodemia palmerii)
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Checkered Butterfly - Apodemia palmerii - female
Copyright © 2019 Susan Stone

Checkered Butterfly - Apodemia palmerii - Female
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, El Paso County, Texas, USA
August 24, 2019
Size: about 1 inch wingspan
Butterfly was hanging out with all the wasps on Poison Milkweed.
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Contributed by Susan Stone on 25 August, 2019 - 2:23pm
Last updated 23 January, 2024 - 2:24am

Moved
Moved from Palmer's Metalmark.
… Mike Quinn, 23 January, 2024 - 2:24am login or register to post comments

Big oops on this one. A female Palmer's Metalmark
Moved from Fulvia Checkerspot.
… Cliff Ivy, 26 August, 2019 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Palmer's Metalmark
I really appreciate the ID! But the title for the photo now describes it as male, but you have said it is female. Could you change the sexing on the title, please? Thank you.
… Susan Stone, 26 August, 2019 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Fulvia Checkerspot male
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 26 August, 2019 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

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