Lepidoptera33 species

Family Metalmarks (Riodinidae)

Riodinidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 33 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Riodinidae (33)

Plum Judy

Abisara echerius

Abisara echerius, the plum Judy, is a small but striking butterfly found in Asia belonging to the Punches and Judies family (Riodinidae). It is difficult to distinguish it from Abisara bifasciata.

Organ Mountain Metalmark - Hodges#4402.3

Apodemia duryi

Identification: Similar to A. mejicanus and A. virgulti , but with the upper side almost entirely suffused in orange, and with the white spots below very large. White spots above are mostly missing. A member of the Apodemia mormo complex or "supersp

Mexican Metalmark - Hodges#4402.2

Apodemia mejicanus

Identification: Distinguished from A. mormo by more easterly and southerly distribution (but overlapping widely), and by the red/orange coloring which forms a band through the middle of the wings above and includes or replaces most of the white media

Palmer's Metalmark

Apodemia palmerii

Apodemia palmeri, the Palmer's metalmark or gray metalmark, is a species of metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. It is found in North America from western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, southern Nevada and southern California south to central

Fatal Metalmark

Calephelis nemesis

Calephelis nemesis (fatal metalmark or dusky metalmark) is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in the southern part of the United States and Mexico.

Rounded Metalmark

Calephelis perditalis

Calephelis perditalis, commonly known as the rounded metalmark or lost metalmark, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Texas in the United States and Mexico, south to Venezuela.

Rawson's Metalmark - Hodges#4392

Calephelis rawsoni

Identification: median area generally not as dark as Fatal Metalmark and forewing postmedian metallic bulge not as obvious as Rounded Metalmark also, fringes seemingly more checkered then either Fatal or Rounded Metalmarks

Little Metalmark

Calephelis virginiensis

Calephelis virginiensis, the little metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the family of butterflies known as Riodinidae. It is found in North America.

Curve-winged Metalmark

Curvie emesia

Curvie emesia, the curve-winged metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It is found in North America.

Duke of Burgundy

Hamearis lucina

Hamearis lucina, the Duke of Burgundy, the only member of the genus Hamearis, is a European butterfly in the family Riodinidae. For many years, it was known as the "Duke of Burgundy fritillary", because the adult's chequered pattern is strongly remin

black-patch bluemark

Lasaia agesilas

Lasaia agesilas, known as the glittering sapphire, black-patch bluemark or Narses metalmark is a species of Lasaia metalmark butterfly in the family Riodinidae that is native to Central America and the north of South America. It ranges from Costa Ric

Red-bordered Pixie

Melanis pixe

Melanis pixe, the red-bordered pixie, is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1936.

Long-tailed Metalmark

Rhetus arcius

Rhetus arcius is a species of Neotropical butterfly, first described in Carl Linnaeus' 1763 Centuria Insectorum.

Periander Metalmark

Rhetus periander

Rhetus periander, the Periander metalmark or variable beautymark, is a butterfly of the Riodinidae family. It is found in most of Central America and South America, ranging from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.