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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Metalmarks (Riodinidae) » Riodininae » Riodinini » Calephelis » Arizona Metalmark - Hodges#4394 (Calephelis arizonensis)
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Which Metalmark? - Calephelis arizonensis
Copyright © 2022 Ray Lemke

Which Metalmark? - Calephelis arizonensis
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 11, 2022
Size: Abt 2 1/2 cm
Is this an Arizona Metalmark?
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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 11 August, 2022 - 2:03pm
Last updated 19 July, 2023 - 2:15pm

Fatal
Calephelis are difficult. This butterfly’s location/habitat, black PM band pattern, and semi-dark median band indicate Fatal. Fatal in summer-form can lack dark median bands.
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sfrue/44987-calephelis-metalmark-id-notes-for-arizona-fatal-arizona-wright-s
… sfrue, 2 October, 2023 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metalmarks.
… Joshua C'deBaca, 19 July, 2023 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review
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