Calephelis

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Calephelis
Fatal metalmark (Calephelis nemesis) ventral.jpg
Calephelis nemesis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Riodinidae
Subfamily:
Riodininae
Genus:
Calephelis

Grote and Robinson, 1869
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Lephelisca Barnes & Lindsey, 1922

Calephelis is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Americas. There are 43 species in the Neotropical realm and 11 species in the Nearctic.

Larva host plants[]

Species of Calephelis feed on Asteraceae, Ranunculaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Bromeliaceae. Recorded larval host plants are in the genera Senecio, Parthenium, Mikania, Cirsium, Baccharis, Clematis, Encelia, Eupatorium, Ageratina, Bebbia, Acalypha, Bromelia, Chromolaena, Calea, Fleischmannia and Verbesina.[1]

Species list[]

  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • (Bates, 1866) Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica
  • Calephelis arizonensis McAlpine, 1971 Arizona
  • McAlpine, 1971 Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Baja California
  • Calephelis borealis (Grote & Robinson, 1866) New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri
  • McAlpine, 1971 Brazil
  • McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Salvador
  • McAlpine, 1971 Colombia
  • (Druce, 1904) Colombia
  • McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala
  • Strand, 1916 Mexico, Honduras, Panama
  • McAlpine, 1971 Arizona, Mexico
  • Austin, 1993 Costa Rica
  • McAlpine, 1971 Texas
  • Stichel, 1910 Mexico to Panama
  • McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Costa Rica to Brazil
  • (Staudinger, 1876) Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia
  • (Godman & Salvin, [1886]) Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, northern Brazil
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • Calephelis muticum McAlpine, 1937 Pennsylvania, Great Lakes states, Minnesota
  • Calephelis nemesis (Edwards, 1871) New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California
  • (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Venezuela
  • Calephelis perditalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela
  • Calephelis rawsoni McAlpine, 1939 Arizona, Texas, Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala
  • McAlpine, 1971 Honduras, Panama
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Costa Rica, Panama
  • Austin, 1993 Costa Rica, Panama
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico, British Honduras, Guatemala
  • Austin, 1993 Guatemala
  • McAlpine, 1971 Orosi, Brazil
  • (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Mexico - Columbia
  • Calephelis virginiensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) Virginia, Florida, Texas, Arkansas
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico, Guatemala
  • Calephelis wrighti Holland, 1930 California, Arizona, Texas, Mexico
  • R. G. Maza & Turrent, 1977 Mexico
  • McAlpine, 1971 Mexico

  • C. fulmen
    Fulmen calephelis

  • C. schausi
    Schaus' calephelis, female

  • C. schausi
    Schaus' calephelis

  • C. sixola
    Greater scintillant

References[]

  1. ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Consulted 2012)

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