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Family Riodinidae (Metalmarks)

Subfamily: Euselasiinae (Euselasia and relatives)

Euselasia bettina Black-topped Euselasia (Hewitson, 1869)
Euselasia chrysippe Golden Euselasia (H. Bates, 1866)
Euselasia hieronymi Red-rayed Euselasia (Salvin & Godman, 1868)
Euselasia cheles Cheles Euselasia  (Godman & Salvin, 1889)
Hades noctula White-rayed Metalmark Westwood, 1851

Subfamily: Riodininae (True Metalmarks)

Mesosemia ceropia Spying Eyed-Metalmark H. Druce, 1874
Mesosemia lamachus Purple-washed Eyed-Metalmark Hewitson, 1857
Mesosemia carissima Blue-patched Eyed-Metalmark H. Bates, 1866
Mesosemia asa Deep-blue Eyed-Metalmark Hewitson, 1869
Detritivora barnesi Barnes' Metalmark (J. Hall & Harvey, 2001)
Calephelis virginiensis Little Metalmark (Guérin-Méneville, [1832])
Calephelis borealis Northern Metalmark (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Calephelis muticum Swamp Metalmark McAlpine, 1937
Calephelis nemesis Fatal Metalmark (W.H. Edwards, 1871)
Calephelis perditalis Rounded Metalmark Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Calephelis mexicana Mexican Calephelis McAlpine, 1971
Calephelis wrighti Wright's Metalmark Holland, 1930
Calephelis rawsoni Rawson's Metalmark McAlpine, 1939
Calephelis arizonensis Arizona Metalmark (McAlpine, 1971)
Calephelis iris Iris Calephelis (Staudinger, 1876)
Calephelis velutina Dark Calephelis (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
Caria ino Red-bordered Metalmark Godman & Salvin, 1886
Caria rhacotis Honduran Metalmark (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
Baeotis zonata Bumblebee Metalmark R. Felder, 1869
Baeotis sulphurea Sulphur Metalmark (R. Felder, 1869)
Lasaia meris Variegated Lasaia or Variegated Bluemark (Stoll, 1781)
Lasaia sula Blue Metalmark Staudinger, 1888
Lasaia agesilas Shining-blue Lasaia (Latreille, 1809)
Lasaia sessilis Gray Sessilis Schaus, 1890
Lasaia maria Maria's Metalmark Clench, 1972
Melanis pixe Red-bordered Pixie (Boisduval, 1836)
Melanis electron melantho Electron Metalmark (Ménétriés, 1855)
Melanis cephise White-rayed Pixie (Ménétriés, 1855)
Melanis acroleuca White-tipped Metalmark (R. Felder, 1869)
Anteros carausius Carousing Anteros Westwood, 1851
Calydna sturnula Sturnula Metalmark (Geyer, 1837)
Emesis ocypore aethalia Dark Emesis H. Bates, 1868
Emesis zela Zela Metalmark Butler, 1870
Emesis ares Ares Metalmark (W.H. Edwards, 1882)
Emesis emesia Curve-winged Metalmark (Hewitson, 1867)
Emesis tenedia Falcate Metalmark C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861
Emesis aurimna White-spotted Emesis (Boisduval, 1870)
Emesis mandana Great Emesis (Cramer, [1780])
Emesis tegula Tegula Emesis Godman & Salvin, [1886]
Emesis poeas Thorn-scrub Emesis Godman, 1901
Apodemia mormo Mormon Metalmark (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859)
Apodemia duryi Dury's Metalmark (W.H. Edwards, 1882)
Apodemia virgulti Behr's Metalmark (Behr, 1865)
Apodemia mejicanus Mexican Metalmark (Behr, 1865)
Apodemia palmeri Palmer's Metalmark (W.H. Edwards, 1870)
Apodemia hepburni Hepburn's Metalmark Godman & Salvin, 1886
Apodemia walkeri Walker's Metalmark Godman & Salvin, 1886
Apodemia multiplaga Narrow-winged Metalmark Schaus, 1902
Apodemia phyciodoides Crescent Metalmark Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
Apodemia nais Nais Metalmark (W.H. Edwards, 1877)
Apodemia chisosensis Chisos Metalmark H.A. Freeman, 1964
Thisbe irenea Irenia Metalmark (Stoll, 1780)
Thisbe lycorias Banner Metalmark (Hewitson, [1853])
Juditha caucana Molpe Metalmark (Stichel, 1911)
Synargis mycone Rusty Metalmark (Hewitson, 1865)
Napaea umbra Quilted Metalmark (Boisduval, 1870)
Eurybia unxia Azure-winged Eurybia Godman & Salvin, 1885
Eurybia lycisca Blue-winged Eurybia Westwood, 1851
Eurybia patrona Great Eurybia Weymer, 1875
Eurybia elvina Blind Eurybia Stichel, 1910
Rhetus arcius Long-tailed Metalmark (Linnaeus, 1763)
Hypophylla martia Martia Metalmark (Godman, 1903)
Hypophylla sudias White-banded Metalmark (Hewitson, 1858)
Theope virgilius Blue-based Theope (Fabricius, 1793)
Nymphidium azanoides A. Butler, 1867
Nymphidium ascolia Creamy Metalmark Hewitson, [1853]

Photographs of Riodinidae

Rounded Metalmark
Calephelis perditalis
White-tipped Metalmark
Melanis acroleuca
Purple-washed Eyed-Metalmark
Mesosemia lamachus
Behr's Metalmark
Apodemia virgulti
Arizona Metalmark
Calephelis arizonensis
Palmer's Metalmark
Apodemia palmeri
Iris Calephelis
Calephelis iris
Creamy Metalmark
Nymphidium ascolia
Northern Metalmark
Calephelis borealis
White-rayed Pixie
Melanis cephise
Behr's Metalmark
Apodemia virgulti
Zela Metalmark
Emesis zela