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.[1][2] It is found in North America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Apodemia |
| Species: | A. mejicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Apodemia mejicanus (Behr, 1865)
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Subspecies
editThree subspecies belong to Apodemia mejicanus:
- Apodemia mejicanus deserti Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 i
- Apodemia mejicanus mejicanus (Behr, 1865) i b
- Apodemia mejicanus pueblo Scott, 1998 i b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = BugGuide[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Apodemia mejicanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ a b "Apodemia mejicanus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
Further reading
edit- 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
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