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metalmark

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met·al·mark  (mtl-märk)
n.
Any of several small, darkly colored butterflies of the family Riodinidae, occurring mainly in tropical regions and having iridescent lines or spots on the wings.


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In some of the drainages in the new Cerrillos Hills State Park, you can spot the beautiful Mormon metalmark, never far from the wild buckwheats its caterpillar loves.
BUTTERFLIES OF MEXICO Metalmarks (below), tropical longwings and exotic swallowtails will be among the butterflies of Mexico discussed by Fred Ramsey at Monday's meeting of the North American Butterfly Association.
Mexican bluewings, band-celled sisters, sickle-wing skippers, Guatemalan crackers, and blue metalmarks are among the park's 89 butterfly species.
 
 
 
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