Biology:Apodemia

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Apodemia
Apodemia mormo langei.JPG
Lange's metalmark
(Apodemia mormo langei)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Tribe: Emesidini
Genus: Apodemia
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
Type species
Lemonias mormo
(C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Chrysobia Boisduval, 1869
  • Polystigma Godman & Salvin, 1886

Apodemia is a New World genus of metalmark butterflies found from Canada to Brazil.

Species

Apodemia contains the following species:[1]

  • Apodemia arnacis (Stichel, 1928)
  • Apodemia ares (Edwards, 1882)
  • Apodemia chisosensis Freeman, 1964 – Chisos metalmark
  • Apodemia duryi (Edwards, 1882) – Mexican metalmark
  • Apodemia hepburni Godman & Salvin, 1886 – Hepburn's metalmark
  • Apodemia hypoglauca (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – falcate metalmark
  • Apodemia mejicanus (Behr, 1865) – Sonoran metalmark or Mexican metalmark
  • Apodemia mormo (C. & R. Felder, 1859) – Mormon metalmark (type species)
  • Apodemia multiplaga Schaus, 1902 – narrow-winged metalmark
  • Apodemia murphyi Austin, 1988 – Murphy's metalmark
  • Apodemia nais (Edwards, 1876) – nais metalmark
  • Apodemia palmeri (Edwards, 1870) – Palmer's metalmark or gray metalmark
  • Apodemia planeca R. de la Maza & J. de la Maza, 2017
  • Apodemia selvatica R. de la Maza & J. de la Maza, 2017
  • Apodemia virgulti (Behr, 1865) – Behr's metalmark
  • Apodemia walkeri Godman & Salvin, 1886 – Walker's metalmark
  • Apodemia zela (Butler, 1870)

References

  1. Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Cong, Qian; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)". Zootaxa 4668 (4): 475–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.2. PMID 31716605. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1303182 entry