Apodemia virgulti
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''Apodemia virgulti'', or Behr's metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
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Riodinidae Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, t ...
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Subspecies

These eight subspecies belong to the species ''Apodemia virgulti'': * ''Apodemia virgulti arenaria'' J. Emmel & T. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti davenporti'' J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti dialeucoides'' J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti mojavelimbus'' J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti nigrescens'' J. Emmel & T. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti peninsularis'' J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti pratti'' J. Emmel & T. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Apodemia virgulti virgulti'' (Behr, 1865)


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Further reading

* Apodemia Articles created by Qbugbot Butterflies described in 1865 {{riodinidae-stub