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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 » Nais Metalmark - Hodges#4408 (Apodemia nais)
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Checkerspot sp. - Apodemia nais - female
Copyright © 2011 Richard Fray

Checkerspot sp. - Apodemia nais - Female
Mt Lemmon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 29, 2011
Checkerspot sp. Pine habitat at 8000 ft.
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Contributed by Richard Fray on 9 August, 2011 - 1:37am
Last updated 9 August, 2011 - 11:02pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2011 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

Thanks!
No wonder I couldn't find it among the checkerspots! :)
… Richard Fray, 9 August, 2011 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

Nais Metalmark
Bill is correct, this is Nais Metalmark. The white spots one the leading edge of the forewing are diagnostic. These guys can be fairly common on Mt. Lemmon along Incinerator Ridge and a few other spots. They are usually found around buckbrush (Ceanothus),which is the larval foodplant.
… Jeff Babson, 9 August, 2011 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks good.
Nais Metalmark is correct. I have seen them in Marshall Gulch on Mt. Lemmon.
… Marcel Such, 9 August, 2011 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

Apodemia nais (Nais Metalmark)
Looks like the Nais Metalmark, Apodemia nais
… Bill Reynolds, 9 August, 2011 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

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