Periander Metalmark

Rhetus periander · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Riodinidae

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Periander Metalmark
Photo: Roger Rittmaster, CC BY

The Periander Metalmark lives throughout Central and South America, from Mexico down to Brazil and Argentina. Its development from egg to adult takes about fifty days. Females look for host plants to lay eggs during the hottest part of the day.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Occurs throughout Central and South America, from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The full life cycle from egg to adult lasts about fifty days.

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

Females search for host plants to lay eggs during the hottest hours of the day.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native to a wide area covering Central and South America, from Mexico down to Brazil and Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Periander Metalmark photo 3
Photo: B. Phalan, CC BY

Same family (Riodinidae)

PunchinelloPunchinelloZemeros flegyasLycisca MetalmarkLycisca MetalmarkRiodina lycisca

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetus_periander

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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