Calephelis rawsoni: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Riodinidae
- Genus
- Calephelis
- Species
- Calephelis rawsoni
- Scientific Name
- Calephelis rawsoni
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Calephelis rawsoni
Calephelis rawsoni, commonly known as Rawson's metalmark, is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It was described by Wilbur S. McAlpine in 1939 and ranges through southern Arizona, south and west Texas and south to central Mexico. The habitat consists of moist areas including stream edges, gulches, subtropical woodland, shaded limestone outcrops.
The wingspan is 3⁄4 - 1+1⁄8 inches (2 - 2.9 cm).
The larvae feed on Eupatorium havanense and Eupatorium greggii.
...Calephelis rawsoni in languages:
- English
- Rawson's Metalmark
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Calephelis acapulcoensis
- Calephelis argyrodines
- Calephelis arizonensis
- Calephelis aymaran
- Calephelis azteca
- Calephelis bajaensis
- Calephelis borealis
- Calephelis braziliensis
- Calephelis browni
- Calephelis candiope
- Calephelis clenchi
- Calephelis costaricicola
- Calephelis dreisbachi
- Calephelis exiguus
- Calephelis freemani
- Calephelis fulmen
- Calephelis huasteca
- Calephelis inca
- Calephelis iris
- Calephelis laverna
- Calephelis matheri
- Calephelis maya
- Calephelis mexicana
- Calephelis montezuma
- Calephelis muticum
- Calephelis nemesis
- Calephelis nilus
- Calephelis perditalis
- Calephelis rawsoni
- Calephelis sacapulas
- Calephelis schausi
- Calephelis sinaloensis
- Calephelis sixola
- Calephelis sodalis
- Calephelis stallingsi
- Calephelis tapuyo
- Calephelis tikal
- Calephelis velutina
- Calephelis virginiensis
- Calephelis wellingi
- Calephelis wrighti
- Calephelis yautepequensis
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