Calephelis n. nemesis (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
(Fatal Calephelis)

Pinned Specimens photo collection:

Live Adults photo collection Page 1:

Live Adults photo collection Page 2:

Immatures photo collection:

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:
 

Synonymy

Bibliography

Ballmer, Gregory R. & Gordon F. Pratt. 1989. A survey of the last instar larvae of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of California. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 27(1):1-81. {Spring 1988, 1989} 

Brown, Frederick Martin. 1968. The Types of the Riodinid Butterflies Described by William Henry Edwards. Transactions of the american entomological Society 94(2): 111-136 {26 Jun 1968} 

Edwards, William Henry. 1871. Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States. Transactions of the american entomological Society 3(3/4): 205-216 {Jan (pre-print [Feb]) 1871; paper [30 Apr 1872]} [description of Charis Nemesis] 

Field, William Dewitt. 1948. The correct name for the North American butterfly variously called Nymphidium, Calephelis or Lephelisca (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington 50(8): 207-213 {30 Nov 1948} 

Glassberg, Jeffrey. 1999. Metalmarks of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. American Buttertflies 7(1): 22-27 {Spring 1999} 

Grote, Augustus Radcliffe and Coleman Townsend Robinson. 1869. On the American Butterflies referred to the Genus Charis by Doubleday. Transactions of the american entomological Society 2(3): 310-311 {Oct 1868-Apr 1869; [8 Nov] 1869} 

Hall, Jason Piers Wilton, and Donald James Harvey. 2002. A phylogenetic review of Charis and Calephelis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Annals of the entomological Society of America 95(4): 407-421, 11 figs., 4 tbls. {Jul 2002} 

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1966. Opinion 755. Calephelis Grote & Robinson, 1869 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): Designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of zoological Nomenclature 22(5/6): 282-283 (31 Jan `966} 

McAlpine, Wilbur S. 1971. A revision of the butterfly genus Calephelis (Riodinidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 10(1): 1-125, 26 figs. {Mar 1971} 

Neck, Raymond W. 1996 (with photography by Geyata Ajivisgi and others). A Field Guide to Butterflies of Texas. Houston; Gulf Publishing Co.; Texas Montlhy Field Guide Series: xvii, 323 pp., 64 pls., figs. {1996} 

Scott, James A. 1986. Butterflies of North America, a Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford; Stanford University Press: xv + 583 pp., 64 pls., 71 figs. 2 tabs., maps {[26 Sep] 1986}

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