Apodemia palmeri

Apodemia palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Rhopalocera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Apodemia
Species: A. palmeri
Binomial name
Apodemia palmeri
(Edwards, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Lemonias palmerii Edwards, 1870
  • Apodemia palmerii (Edwards, 1870)
  • Polystigma palmerii (Edwards, 1870)

Palmer's Metalmark or Gray Metalmark (Apodemia palmeri) is a species of Metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. It is found from western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah, southern Nevada and southern California south to central Mexico and Baja California.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. There are two generations per year from May to September in Nevada and Utah and multiple generations from April to November in the south.

The larvae feed on Prosopis pubescens and Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana. Adults feed on flower nectar.

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