Apodemia duryi (W. H. Edwards, 1882)

Apodemia duryi (W. H. Edwards, 1882)
(Dury's Metalmark)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Apodemia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865

Reise Novara Zool. (2): 302. Type-species: Lemonias mormo C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859, Wien. Entomol. Montaschr. 3(9): 271, no. 19, by designation of Stichel (1911), in: Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112(B): 285, 287.

= Chrysobia Boisduval, 1869

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 12: 52. Type-species: Chrysobia mormonia Boisduval, 1869, Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 12: 52 (= Lemonias mormo C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859, Wien. Entomol. Montaschr. 3(9): 271, no. 19; synonym), by original designation.

= ‡Polystigma Godman & Salvin, 1886

Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 1(45): 469. Type-species: Chrysophanus nais W. H. Edwards, 1877, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 5(3/4): 291-292, by monotypy. Preoccupied by Polystigma Kraatz, 1880, Dtsche. Entomol. Z. 24(2): 191.

Apodemia duryi (W. H. Edwards, 1882)

Papilio 2(3): 45, 47-48, no. 4.

Original Combination: Lemonias Duryi

Type Locality: “New Mexico, about five miles east of Mesilla, in some foothills of the Organ Mts.” [Dona Ana County]

Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown (1968), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 94(2): 121, fig. 2 ♀ D&V; figured by W. Holland (1898), Butt. Book: 230, pl. 28, fig. 10 ♀ D.

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