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Calephelis muticum
Photo take in my backyard small beauty around 1.5 cm wingspan is one of the small metalmarks common in this area.Male with pointed forewing. Upperside of both sexes bright red-brown; dark median band not evident. Wing fringes lightly checkered.
Bogs, marshes, swamps, wet meadows.Populations in southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, and northern Arkansas. Isolated populations in central Kentucky and eastern Iowa and south México.
after send some photos from the same species of butterfly , I have a confirmation from the zoology department of the UNAM university in Mexico City and confirm is a Calephelis muticum and is possible to find in the south of México today.the reange of this butterfly only appear as, Populations in southern USA.
Spotted on Dec 2, 2012
Submitted on Dec 2, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks J :)
Beautiful! Love the second photo!