Enodia anthedon

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Northern pearly-eye
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E. anthedon
Binomial name
Enodia anthedon
Synonyms
  • Lethe anthedon(A. Clark, 1936)

Enodia anthedon, the northern pearly-eye, is a butterfly species of the subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America, [3] where it is found from central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabama and Mississippi. [4]

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Larva

The wingspan is 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches (43–67 mm.) [4] [5] 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 ), Uniola latifolia , bottlebrush grass ( Hystrix patula ), and false melic grass ( Schizachne purpurascens ). [5] The host plants of a northern population include sedges ( Carex species). [6]

The species overwinters in the larval stage.

For more references, go to Lethe anthedon at Wikipedia. (Lethe = the current genus name.)

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lethe anthedon Northern Pearly-Eye". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. "BMNA Species Detail Northern Pearly Eye". Archived from the original on 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  3. "Species Enodia anthedon - Northern Pearly-Eye - BugGuide.net" . Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  4. 1 2 Enodia anthedon, Butterflies and Moths of North America
  5. 1 2 Northern Pearly-eye, Butterflies of Canada
  6. Larval host plants of Enodia anthedon ... , The Taxonomic Report, Vol 7 No 6, 2014.