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Metalmark Butterfly

Calephelis sp.

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Species ID Suggestions

Scintillant

Calephelis sp.
bayucca
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Comments (2)
Ignacio Gamboa
Really? Wow! That's very interesting, thanks for the info
bayucca
Riodinidae/Metalmark. Unfortunately this one will probably never have a closer ID than the genus. They are impossible to ID without the native specimen and even then tricky. Some of them got their names only at the beginning of this century (I guess due to enhanced and cheaper DNA tecniques). I have seen a similar one called "Hoary Scintillant, Calephelis sp.". I do not know what they meant about this "Hoary".

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PublishedJanuary 29, 2012

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