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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 » Mexican Metalmark - Hodges#4402.2 (Apodemia mejicanus) » Apodemia mejicanus mejicanus
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Sonoran Metalmark - Apodemia mejicanus - female
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Sonoran Metalmark - Apodemia mejicanus - Female
Montosa Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
October 26, 2009
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 29 October, 2009 - 10:22pm
Last updated 2 June, 2011 - 4:09am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 29 October, 2009 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

very late, but they were common in September
This is one of those Mormon Metalmark complex creatures. According to the treatment in the Pelham list, this would be M. mejicanus. I'm not sure if it is subspecies mejicanus, but expect so. Distinction from M. virgulti seems ill-defined to me, sort of a geographic thing.

Looks to be a girl to me.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 October, 2009 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

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