Biology:Hyponephele lycaon
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Hyponephele lycaon | |
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| in North Macedonia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hyponephele |
| Species: | H. lycaon
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyponephele lycaon Rottemburg, 1775
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Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is broadly distributed in the temperate zone of the Palearctic from Portugal in the west to the Russian Far East in the east.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
References
- ↑ "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q1746760 entry
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