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Swamp Metalmark

Calephelis muticum

Description:

Photo take in my backyard small beauty around 1.5 cm wingspan is one of the small metalmarks common in this area.Upperside of both sexes bright red-brown; dark median band not evident. Wing fringes lightly checkered.

Habitat:

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.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jun 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 23, 2013

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