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Zela Metalmark (Emesis zela)

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Apodemia zela
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Apodemia
Species:
A. zela
Binomial name
Apodemia zela
(Butler, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Emesis zela Butler, 1870

Apodemia zela, the zela metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Zela metalmark, Apodemia zela
Zela metalmark, Apodemia zela

Subspecies[edit]

These four subspecies belong to the species Apodemia zela:

  • Apodemia zela ares Edwards, 1882
  • Apodemia zela aureola Stichel, 1926
  • Apodemia zela cleis (W. H. Edwards, 1882)
  • Apodemia zela zela

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ "Emesis zela Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Emesis zela". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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