---
title: "Behr's Metalmark"
description: "Apodemia virgulti — Insects & spiders. Apodemia virgulti, or Behr's metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the butterfly family Riodinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/behr-s-metalmark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Behr's Metalmark

> Apodemia virgulti — Insects & spiders. Apodemia virgulti, or Behr's metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the butterfly family Riodinidae.

- Scientific name: *Apodemia virgulti*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7862
- Wikidata: [Q2233403](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233403)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119068](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119068)

## Names

- en: Behr's Metalmark
- es: Mariposa jaspeada

## Countries with the most observations

US (6721), MX (266)

## Summary

Apodemia virgulti, or Behr's metalmark, is a species of metalmark in the butterfly family Riodinidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodemia_virgulti

## Photo

![Behr's Metalmark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/behr-s-metalmark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thea Wang · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160808388

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/behr-s-metalmark?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).