The Rio Grande Valley's Nature Site

BUTTERFLIES - METALMARKS of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas
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NOTE:  The butterflies labeled below in BLUE are generally found ONLY in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas

METALMARKS - RIODINIDAE

TRUE METALMARKS - RIODININAE

RIODININI

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Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis australis

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Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis australis

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Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis australis

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Rounded Metalmark - Calephelis perditalis

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Rounded Metalmark - Calephelis perditalis

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Rounded Metalmark - Calephelis perditalis

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Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino melicerta

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Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino melicerta

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Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino melicerta

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Blue Metalmark - Lasaia sula penninsularis

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Blue Metalmark - Lasaia sula penninsularis

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Red-bordered Pixie - Melanis pixe

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Red-bordered Pixie - Melanis pixe

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Red-bordered Pixie - Melanis pixe

EMESIINI

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Curved-winged Metalmark - Emesis emesia

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Curved-winged Metalmark - Emesis emesia

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Curved-winged Metalmark - Emesis emesia

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Walker's Metalmark - Apodemia walkeri

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