Sonoran Desert Butterflies and Moths - Apodemia mejicanus (Sonoran metalmark)

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Sonoran Desert Butterflies and Moths
Apodemia mejicanus (Sonoran metalmark)

Apodemia mejicanus

(Sonoran metalmark)
Habitat: Larval foods are buckwheats (Eriogonum) and possibly Krameria. Frequents bajadas and desert flats

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Nymphalidae - Brush-footed butterflies
Genus Apodemia
species mejicanus

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Natural History of the Sonoran Desert and Refuge