Satyrodes eurydice

Satyrodes eurydice, the eyed brown or marsh eyed brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly that is native to North America.[1][2]

"Eyed brown" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Lethe eurydice.

Eyed brown
Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada
Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Satyrodes
Species:
S. eurydice
Binomial name
Satyrodes eurydice
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Papilio eurydice Linnaeus, 1763
  • Papilio canthus Linnaeus, 1767

There are two subspecies—the nominate species, the eyed brown (S. e. eurydice), and the smokey eyed brown (S. 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
  1. "BMNA Species Detail". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  2. "Satyrodes Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Eyed Brown, Butterflies of Canada
  4. Eyed Brown, Wisconsin Butterflies
  5. Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0


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