Biology:Lethe appalachia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Elymniini |
| Genus: | Lethe |
| Species: | L. appalachia
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| Lethe appalachia R.L. Chermock, 1947
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Lethe appalachia, commonly known as the Appalachian brown or Appalachian eyed brown, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2][3][4][5][6] It is found in North America.[4]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognised:ref name=[3][4][5]
- Lethe appalachia appalachia R. Chermock, 1947
- Lethe appalachia leeuwi Gatrelle and Arbogast, 1974
Description
Wingspan: 39 to 51 mm.[7]
Larvae on Rhynchospora inundata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta.[7][8]
Similar species
- Lethe eurydice (Linnaeus, 1763) – eyed brown
- Lethe anthedon (A.H. Clark, 1936) – northern pearly-eye
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lethe appalachia Appalachian Eyed Brown". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.113612/Lethe_appalachia. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ↑ Peña, Carlos; Wahlberg, Niklas; Weingartner, Elisabet; Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa; Nylin, Sören; Freitas, André V.L.; Brower, Andrew V.Z. (July 2006). "Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40 (1): 29–49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.007. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 16563805. Bibcode: 2006MolPE..40...29P. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790306000583.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pohl, Greg R.; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016), Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico, Unpublished, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287, https://www.researchgate.net/doi/10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287, retrieved 2026-09-06
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Lethe appalachia Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=778109. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lethe appalachia". https://www.gbif.org/species/1918383. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Lethe appalachia Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/3240. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appalachian Brown, Butterflies of Canada
- ↑ "Lethe". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/lethe/#Lethe_Lethe.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15773775 entry
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