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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south along the coast to southern Florida, west to south-eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas. It is also found in Mexico and Central America.
Carolina satyr | |
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Mississippi, USA | |
Copan, Honduras | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hermeuptychia |
Species: | H. sosybius |
Binomial name | |
Hermeuptychia sosybius | |
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The wingspan is 32–38 mm.[3][4][5] [6][7]
The larvae also feed on various Poaceae species, including Axonopus compressus, Eremochloa ophiuroides, Stenotaphrum secundatum and Poa pratensis.
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