ABSTRACT
Apodemia mormo in the region of Nogales, Santa Cruz Co. Arizona, display variability unsual even in the A. mormo complex. At least five overlapping phenotype classes, some represented elsewhere by relatively uniform populations, are present in the area. The relationship of these specimens to adjacent mormo is unclear. It is possible that a "population" such as this my represent two or more entities isolated by such factors as voltinism and foodplant choice; larger samples and breeding experiments will be required to investigate this. [AUTHOR ABSTRACT]
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