Lethe_eurydice

<i>Satyrodes eurydice</i>

Satyrodes eurydice

Species of butterfly

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

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

Quick Facts Eyed brown, Scientific classification ...

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. [1]
    "BMNA Species Detail". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  2. [2]
    "Satyrodes Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. [3]
    Eyed Brown, Butterflies of Canada
  4. [4]
    Eyed Brown, Wisconsin Butterflies
  5. [5]
    Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0


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