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Apodemia mejicanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Apodemia
Species:	A. mejicanus
Binomial name
Apodemia mejicanus (Behr, 1865)

Apodemia mejicanus, the Mexican metalmark or Sonoran metalmark, is a species of butterfly in the family Riodinidae (the metalmarks). It was first described by Hans Hermann Behr in 1865. It is found in North America.

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to Apodemia mejicanus:

• Apodemia mejicanus deserti Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Apodemia mejicanus mejicanus (Behr, 1865)
• Apodemia mejicanus pueblo Scott, 1998

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide

References

1. ^ "Apodemia mejicanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. ^ "Apodemia mejicanus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-04.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

External links

• Media related to Apodemia mejicanus at Wikimedia Commons

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