Calephelis perditalis

Calephelis perditalis, the rounded metalmark or lost metalmark, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Texas in the United States and Mexico,[2] south to Venezuela. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918.

Calephelis perditalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Riodinidae
Genus:
Calephelis
Species:
C. perditalis
Binomial name
Calephelis perditalis

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. The upperside of the wings is brown with indistinctly checkered fringes. There may be a dark median band. Adults feed on flower nectar, including the nectar of Chromolaena odorata.

The larvae feed on Chromolaena odorata and Eupatorium glabratum.

Subspecies
  • Calephelis perditalis perditalis (Mexico, southern Texas)
  • Calephelis perditalis donahuei McAlpine, 1971 (Mexico)

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Calephelis perditalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  2. Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Rounded Metalmark Calephelis perditalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved June 14, 2019.


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