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| Northern Metalmark - Calephelis borealis (Grote & Robinson, 1866 ) |
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Family: Metalmarks (Riodinidae)
Subfamily: n/a (n/a )
Identification: Male forewing rounded. Upperside of both wings brown with wide orange borders and dark median band.
Wing span: 1 1/8 - 1 1/4 inches (2.9 - 3.2 cm)
Life history: Adults may rest upside down beneath leaves. Males perch on leaves to seek females. Eggs are laid on the underside of host plant leaves, which the caterpillars eat. Half-grown caterpillars hibernate in leaf litter.
Habitat: Open woodland streams near serpentine, shale, or limestone barrens.
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Caterpillar hosts: Roundleaf ragwort (Senecio obovatus); possibly golden ragwort (Senecio aureus) and common fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus).
Adult food: Nectar from flowers including butterflyweed, white sweet clover, goldenrod, ox-eye daisy, sneezeweed, and yarrow.
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Range: Western Connecticut south through west-central Pennsylvania; central Appalachians and Ohio River Valley. Isolated populations in southwest Missouri and eastern Oklahoma.
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