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.
| Rawson's metalmark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Calephelis |
| Species: | C. rawsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Calephelis rawsoni McAlpine, 1939
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The wingspan is 3⁄4 - 1+1⁄8 inches (2 - 2.9 cm).[1]
The larvae feed on Eupatorium havanense and Eupatorium greggii.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Rawson's Metalmark". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Metalmark Web and Data. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Calephelis at funet
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