Apodemia mejicanus

Apodemia mejicanus, the Mexican metalmark or Sonoran metalmark, is a species of butterfly in the family Riodinidae (the metalmarks). It was first described by Hans Hermann Behr in 1865.^[1][2] It is found in North America.^[1]

Apodemia mejicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Apodemia
Species:	A. mejicanus
Binomial name
Apodemia mejicanus (Behr, 1865)

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to Apodemia mejicanus:

• Apodemia mejicanus deserti Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 ⁱ
• Apodemia mejicanus mejicanus (Behr, 1865) ^{i b}
• Apodemia mejicanus pueblo Scott, 1998 ^{i b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[4] b = BugGuide^[2]