Apodemia is a New World genus of metalmark butterflies found from Canada to Brazil.

Apodemia
Lange's metalmark
(Apodemia mormo langei)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Tribe: Emesidini
Genus: Apodemia
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
Type species
Lemonias mormo
(C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Chrysobia Boisduval, 1869
  • Polystigma Godman & Salvin, 1886

Species

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Apodemia contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Cong, Qian; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)". Zootaxa. 4668 (4): 475–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.2. PMC 8958898. PMID 31716605.