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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Metalmarks (Riodinidae) » Riodininae » Emesiini » Apodemia » Mexican Metalmark - Hodges#4402.2 (Apodemia mejicanus) » Apodemia mejicanus pueblo
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Mexican Metalmark - Apodemia mejicanus
Copyright © 2009 Bob Barber

Mexican Metalmark - Apodemia mejicanus
La Luz Canyon, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
July 30, 2009
Fresh - darker individual
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Contributed by Bob Barber on 31 July, 2009 - 11:47am
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 6:19pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 19 August, 2009 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

This is
Apodemia [mormo] mejicanus ssp. pueblo, which is the most common Metalmark in much of New Mexico. A. druryi is very similar (and perhaps the two blend?), but has less developed white spots above, on a more evenly orange background, and somewhat different pattern of white spots below.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 August, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Apodemia.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 August, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

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