Apodemia palmeri
| Apodemia palmeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Apodemia |
| Species: | A. palmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Apodemia palmeri (Edwards, 1870) | |
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Palmer's Metalmark or Gray Metalmark (Apodemia palmeri) is a species of Metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. It is found from western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, southern Nevada and southern California south to central Mexico and Baja California.
The wingspan is 20–30 mm. There are two generations per year from May to September in Nevada and Utah and multiple generations from April to November in the south.
The larvae feed on Prosopis pubescens and Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana. Adults feed on flower nectar.
References
- Apodemia palmeri, Butterflies and Moths of North America