Little Metalmark

The little metalmark, Calephelis virginiensis (Guérin- Ménéville), is one of three allopatric metalmarks found in the eastern United States. Although the little metalmark is one of our tiniest butterflies, it is one of our most beautiful. It is the only metalmark found in the southeastern coastal plain.

The wings vary in color from rusty orange to orange-brown and have metallic silver lines on the wings — the characteristic from which the family gets the common name “metalmarks”.

Wingspan is 12 to 25 mm

Little Metalmark