Satyrodes appalachia

Appalachian brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Satyrodes
Species: S. appalachia
Binomial name
Satyrodes appalachia
(R.L. Chermock, 1947)[1]
Subspecies

S. a. leeuwi (Gatrelle & Arbogast, 1974)

Satyrodes appalachia, the Appalachian brown or woods eyed brown[2] is a species of Satyrinae butterfly that is native to North America.

Wingspan: 39 to 51 mm.[1]

Larvae on Rhynchospora inundata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta.[1][2]

Similar species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Appalachian Brown, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 1 2 "Satyrodes Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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