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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lethe anthedon, the northern pearly-eye, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.[3][4][5][6] It is found in North America,[4][7] from central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabama and Mississippi.[8]
Lethe anthedon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Lethe |
Species: | L. anthedon |
Binomial name | |
Lethe anthedon (A. Clark, 1936)[2] | |
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The MONA or Hodges number for Lethe anthedon is 4568.1.[6][9]
The wingspan is 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches (43–67 mm.)[8][10] The upperside is brown with dark eyespots and the underside is brown. Adults feed on dung, fungi, carrion and sap from willows, poplars, and birches.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Leersia virginica, Erianthus species, Muhlenbergia species, bearded shortgrass (Brachyelytrum erectum), Chasmanthium latifolium, bottlebrush grass (Hystrix patula), and false melic grass (Schizachne purpurascens).[10] The host plants of a northern population include sedges (Carex species).[11]
The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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