Riodinidae: Metalmarks

Subfamily Riodininae — Metalmarks
Link Butterfly and host plant
Link to Calephelis nemesis dammersi page Calephelis nemesis dammersi - Fatal Metalmark
· Mule Fat (Baccharis salicifolia), salt marsh baccharis (B. glutinosa) and Bush Sunflower (Encelia californica)
Link to Calephelis wrighti page Calephelis wrighti - Wright's Metalmark
· Sweetbush (Bebbia juncea)
Link to Apodemia palmeri palmeri page Apodemia palmerii palmerii - Palmer's Metalmark
· Honey mesquite (Prosopis grandulosa var. torreyana) and screwbean mesquite (P. pubescens) (Fabaceae)
link to Mormon Metalmark page

Special page: "The Mormo-complex in Southern California"

Apodemia mormo complex: One brood flying in spring (Apodemia virgulti)

Link to Apodemia virgulti pratti page Apodemia virgulti pratti - Pratt's Metalmark
· Eriogonum kennedyi, E. wrightii
No photos yet Apodemia virgulti dialeucoides - Whitish Metalmark (possibly extirpated)
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Link to Apodemia virgulti mojavelimbus page Apodemia virgulti mojavelimbus - Desert Edge Metalmark
· Eriogonum fasciculatum
Link to Apodemia virgulti davenporti page Apodemia virgulti davenporti - Davenport's Metalmark
· Eriogonum fasciculatum
Link to Apodemia virgulti peninsularis page Apodemia {virgulti} peninsularis - Peninsular Metalmark
· Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum

Apodemia mormo complex: One brood flying in the fall (Apodemia mormo)

Link to Apodemia mormo autumnalis page Apodemia mormo autumnalis - Autumn Metalmark
· Eriogonum wrightii
Link to Apodemia mormo cythera Big Rock Creek population page Apodemia mormo cythera - Cythera Metalmark
· Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. heermannii.
Link to Apodemia mormo nr mormo page Apodemia mormo nr mormo - Mormon Metalmark (S. Bern. Mts. SE of Big Bear Lake)
· Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Link to photos of Apodemia mormo Coast Ranges segregate butterfly Apodemia mormo (Coast Ranges/Cottonwood Pass area pop.)
· Eriogonum nudum var indictum

Apodemia mormo complex: More than one brood per year (Apodemia virgulti)

Link to Apodemia virgulti virgulti page Apodemia virgulti virgulti - Behr's Metalmark
· Eriogonum fasciculatum
Link to Apodemia virgulti arenaria page Apodemia {virgulti} arenaria - Sand Dunes Metalmark
· Eriogonum parvifolium
Link to Apodemia virgulti nigrescens page Apodemia virgulti nigrescens - Dark Metalmark
· Eriogonum fasciculatum

Apodemia mormo complex - Also multiple brooded (mejicanus group):

Link to Apodemia mejicanus deserti page Apodemia mejicanus deserti - Desert Metalmark
· Usually Eriogonum inflatum
 

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