A Comprehensive Annotated List of the Butterflies
Little Missouri National Grassland Butterfly Survey
The Metalmarks
Mormon Metalmark Apodemia mormo Felder & Felder, 1859 Habitat: Eriogonum ledges and steep slopes in badlands, where it perches and takes nectar at blooms of Chrysothamnus and especially of its larval host, Eriogonum. Larval food: Eriogonum spp. Adult flight: One brood, August; synchronous and sympatric with second brood of Icaricia acmon and with Cercyonis meadii. References: Royer 59, Ferris & Brown 197, Scott 348 Confirmed occurrences: 17 Aug 1995 on BCV transect; also in SW4 S11 (private) and NW4 S13 T136N R102W; occasional on Summit transect S002, 20 Aug 1996.
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