Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

  Sighting 940770

Fatal Metalmark
Calephelis nemesis

Observation date: October 02, 2012
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: blue sky sunny warm cold blooded things sunning lizards and butterflies also on nectar of same plant unknown to me the name of the shrub also out buckeye painted ladie, l admiral . cloudless sulphur others.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: December 05, 2013
Coordinator notes: You misidentified that one!~ It is probably a species you didn't even know you had. I don't have the California Fatal Metalmark at all, though I have the Arizona subspecies. Note the blotchy dark areas and more brownish ground color, separating them from the more reddish Wright's Metalmark.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, San Diego County