''Calephelis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
that belongs to the family
Riodinidae
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, ...
. They are resident in the
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...
, with 43 species in the
Neotropical regions and 11 species in the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
.
Larva host plants
Species of ''Calephelis'' feed on the
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
,
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae (, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family (biology), family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.
The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 spec ...
,
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...
, and
Bromeliaceae
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...
. Recorded larval host plants are in the genera ''
Packera
''Packera'' is a genus of about 75 species of plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Most species are commonly called ragworts or grounsels. Its members were previously included in the genus ''Senecio'' (where they were called ''aureoid senecios ...
'', ''
Parthenium
''Parthenium'' is a genus of North American annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, and shrubs in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae and subfamily Asteroideae.
The name ''Parthenium'' is an evolution of the Ancient Greek nam ...
'', ''
Mikania
''Mikania'' is a genus of about 450 species of plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan, 1743–1814. Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common ...
'', ''
Cirsium
''Cirsium'' is a genus of Perennial plant, perennial and Biennial plant, biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thist ...
'', ''
Baccharis
''Baccharis'' is a genus of perennial plant, perennials and shrubs in the Asteraceae, aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling ...
'', ''
Clematis
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'', ''
Encelia
''Encelia'' is a genus of the Family (biology), plant family Asteraceae whose members are frequently called brittlebushes. It consists of shrubs (and one geophyte) of arid environments in southwestern North America and western South America.
Al ...
'', ''
Eupatorium
''Eupatorium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are Herbaceous plant, herbaceous perennial plant, perennials growing to tall. A few are shrubs ...
'', ''
Ageratina
''Ageratina'', commonly known as snakeroot, is a genus of over 300 species of Perennial plant, perennials and rounded shrubs in the family (biology), family Asteraceae.
These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas and West Ind ...
'', ''
Bebbia
''Bebbia'', common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the family Asteraceae.[Acalypha
''Acalypha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name ''Acalypha'' is from the ...]
'', ''
Bromelia
''Bromelia'' is a genus of about 70 plant species widespread across Latin America and the West Indies. It is the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae, and its type species is '' B. karatas''. ''Bromelia'' species are ch ...
'', ''
Chromolaena
''Chromolaena'' is a genus of about 165 species of perennials and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. The name is derived from the Greek words (), meaning "color", and () or () meaning "cloak". It refers to the colored phyllaries of some species ...
'', ''
Calea'', ''
Fleischmannia
''Fleischmannia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The name honours Gottfried F. Fleischmann (1777–1850), the teacher of Carl Heinrich Schultz at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Members of the genus are native to Sou ...
'', and ''
Verbesina
''Verbesina'', many species of which have crownbeard as part of their common names, is a genus of flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae. It is a large genus of about 350 species.
All of the species bear white or yellow flowers similar to sm ...
''.
[Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) ''HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants''. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Consulted 2012)]
Species list
* ''
Calephelis acapulcoensis''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis argyrodines''
(Bates, 1866) Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica
* ''
Calephelis arizonensis''
McAlpine, 1971 Arizona
* ''
Calephelis aymaran''
McAlpine, 1971 Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil
* ''
Calephelis azteca''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis bajaensis''
McAlpine, 1971 Baja California
* ''
Calephelis borealis''
(Grote & Robinson, 1866) New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri
* ''
Calephelis braziliensis''
McAlpine, 1971 Brazil
* ''
Calephelis browni''
McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Salvador
* ''
Calephelis burgeri''
McAlpine, 1971 Colombia
* ''
Calephelis candiope''
(Druce, 1904) Colombia
* ''
Calephelis clenchi''
McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala
* ''
Calephelis costaricola''
Strand, 1916 Mexico, Honduras, Panama
* ''
Calephelis dreisbachi''
McAlpine, 1971 Arizona, Mexico
* ''
Calephelis exiguus''
Austin, 1993 Costa Rica
* ''
Calephelis freemani''
McAlpine, 1971 Texas
* ''
Calephelis fulmen''
Stichel, 1910 Mexico to Panama
* ''
Calephelis guatemala''
McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala
* ''
Calephelis huasteca''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis inca''
McAlpine, 1971 Costa Rica to Brazil
* ''
Calephelis iris''
(Staudinger, 1876) Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia
* ''
Calephelis laverna''
(Godman & Salvin, 886
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Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, northern Brazil
* ''
Calephelis matheri''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis maya''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis mexicana''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis montezuma''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis muticum''
McAlpine, 1937 Pennsylvania, Great Lakes states, Minnesota
* ''
Calephelis nemesis''
(Edwards, 1871) New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California
* ''
Calephelis nilus''
(C. & R. Felder, 1861) Venezuela
* ''
Calephelis perditalis''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela
* ''
Calephelis rawsoni''
McAlpine, 1939 Arizona, Texas, Mexico
* ''
Calephelis sacapulas''
McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala
* ''
Calephelis schausi''
McAlpine, 1971 Honduras, Panama
* ''
Calephelis sinaloensis''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis sixola''
McAlpine, 1971 Costa Rica, Panama
* ''
Calephelis sodalis''
Austin, 1993 Costa Rica, Panama
* ''
Calephelis stallingsi''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico, British Honduras, Guatemala
* ''
Calephelis tikal''
Austin, 1993 Guatemala
* ''
Calephelis tapuyo''
McAlpine, 1971 Orosi, Brazil
* ''
Calephelis velutina''
(Godman & Salvin, 1878) Mexico - Columbia
* ''
Calephelis virginiensis''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1831) Virginia, Florida, Texas, Arkansas
* ''
Calephelis wellingi''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico, Guatemala
* ''
Calephelis wrighti
''Calephelis wrighti'', or Wright's metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Rona ...
''
Holland, 1930 California, Arizona, Texas, Mexico
* ''
Calephelis yautepequensis''
R. G. Maza & Turrent, 1977 Mexico
* ''
Calephelis yucatana''
McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
Fulmen calephelis (Calephelis fulmen).jpg, ''C. fulmen''
Fulmen calephelis
Schaus' calephelis (Calephelis schausi) female.jpg, ''C. schausi''
Schaus' calephelis, female
Schaus' calephelis (Calephelis schausi).jpg, ''C. schausi''
Schaus' calephelis
Greater scintillant (Calephelis sixola).jpg, ''C. sixola''
Greater scintillant
References
''Calephelis''
External links
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Riodinidae
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Taxa described in 1869
Taxa named by Coleman Townsend Robinson