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2 unusual facts about Metalmark


Metalmark

Riodinidae, the family of metalmark butterflies (formerly included in the Lycaenidae or "Erycinidae" as subfamily Riodininae)

Apodemia, the Riodinidae genus most commonly known as the Metalmarks in North America


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Apodemia

Apodemia mormo langei (C. & R. Felder, 1859) – Lange's Metalmark

Cirsium muticum

Cirsium muticum is as host for some species of butterflies and moths, including the swamp metalmark butterfly (Calephelis muticum), a species that is currently undergoing risk assessment in the United States.

Eriogonum

Apodemia mormo (Mormon metalmark) - feeds exclusively on Eriogonum

Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii

The refuge was formed in 1980 to prevent extinction of this plant, as well as Lange's metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei) and the Contra Costa wallflower (Erysium capitatum var. angustatum).


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