Calephelis is a genus of butterflies that belongs to the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Americas, with 43 species in the Neotropical regions and 11 species in the Nearctic.
Larva host plants Species of Calephelis feed on the Asteraceae, Ranunculaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Bromeliaceae. Recorded larval host plants are in the genera Packera, Parthenium, Mikania, Cirsium, Baccharis, Clematis, Encelia, Eupatorium, Ageratina, Bebbia, Acalypha, Bromelia, Chromolaena, Calea, Fleischmannia, and Verbesina.Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Consulted 2012)
Species list Calephelis acapulcoensis McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis argyrodines (Bates, 1866) Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica Calephelis arizonensis McAlpine, 1971 Arizona Calephelis aymaran McAlpine, 1971 Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil Calephelis azteca McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis bajaensis McAlpine, 1971 Baja California Calephelis borealis (Grote & Robinson, 1866) New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri Calephelis braziliensis McAlpine, 1971 Brazil Calephelis browni McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Salvador Calephelis burgeri McAlpine, 1971 Colombia Calephelis candiope (Druce, 1904) Colombia Calephelis clenchi McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala Calephelis costaricola Strand, 1916 Mexico, Honduras, Panama Calephelis dreisbachi McAlpine, 1971 Arizona, Mexico Calephelis exiguus Austin, 1993 Costa Rica Calephelis freemani McAlpine, 1971 Texas Calephelis fulmen Stichel, 1910 Mexico to Panama Calephelis guatemala McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala Calephelis huasteca McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis inca McAlpine, 1971 Costa Rica to Brazil Calephelis iris (Staudinger, 1876) Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia Calephelis laverna (Godman & Salvin, ) Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, northern Brazil Calephelis matheri McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis maya McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis mexicana McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis montezuma McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis muticum McAlpine, 1937 Pennsylvania, Great Lakes states, Minnesota Calephelis nemesis (Edwards, 1871) New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California Calephelis nilus (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Venezuela Calephelis perditalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela Calephelis rawsoni McAlpine, 1939 Arizona, Texas, Mexico Calephelis sacapulas McAlpine, 1971 Guatemala Calephelis schausi McAlpine, 1971 Honduras, Panama Calephelis sinaloensis McAlpine, 1971 Mexico Calephelis sixola McAlpine, 1971 Costa Rica, Panama Calephelis sodalis Austin, 1993 Costa Rica, Panama Calephelis stallingsi McAlpine, 1971 Mexico, British Honduras, Guatemala Calephelis tikal Austin, 1993 Guatemala Calephelis tapuyo McAlpine, 1971 Orosi, Brazil Calephelis velutina (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Mexico - Columbia Calephelis virginiensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) Virginia, Florida, Texas, Arkansas Calephelis wellingi McAlpine, 1971 Mexico, Guatemala Calephelis wrighti Holland, 1930 California, Arizona, Texas, Mexico Calephelis yautepequensis R. G. Maza & Turrent, 1977 Mexico Calephelis yucatana McAlpine, 1971 Mexico
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Calephelis
External links Images representing Calephelis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Images representing Calephelis at Encyclopedia of Life 441 photos