Biology:Lethe eurydice
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada | |
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| Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lethe |
| Species: | L. eurydice
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| Binomial name | |
| Lethe eurydice (Linnaeus, 1763)
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Lethe eurydice, the eyed brown or marsh eyed brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly that is native to North America.[1][2]
There are two subspecies—the nominate species, the eyed brown (L. e. eurydice), and the smokey eyed brown (L. e. fumosa) (Leussler, 1916).
Wingspan: 38 to 48 mm.[3]
They have one brood with a flight period from late June through August.[4]
Larvae feed on sedges (Carex) in particular C. lacustris, C. atherodes, C. rostrata, and C. stricta.[5]
Similar species
- Lethe appalachia (R.L. Chermock, 1947) – Appalachian brown
- Lethe anthedon (A.H. Clark, 1936) – northern pearly-eye
References and external links
- ↑ "BMNA Species Detail". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1840&chosen_state=26*Michigan. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ↑ "Satyrodes Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Eyed Brown, Butterflies of Canada
- ↑ Eyed Brown, Wisconsin Butterflies
- ↑ Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0
Wikidata ☰ Q13397221 entry
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