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Status
Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma) is a small brownish butterfly with metallic markings on the edge of the hindwings. This butterfly is very distinctive in the east for its lack of eyespots (unique among eastern satyrs), and the metallic patch on its wings. Two other members of this genus occur in the southwest. This butterfly has apparently strayed to Maryland only once, and there are no recent records.
Relationships
Uses grasses as larval hosts.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cyllopsis |
| Species: | C. gemma
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| Cyllopsis gemma Hübner, 1808
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Cyllopsis gemma, the gemmed satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[2] It is found in the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico.
The wingspan is 35–43 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in the northern parts of its range and year round in the south.
The larvae probably feed on Cynodon dactylon.
Subspecies
[edit]There are two recognised subspecies:
- Cyllopsis gemma gemma
- Cyllopsis gemma freemani
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Cyllopsis gemma Gemmed Satyr". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Cyllopsis R. Felder, 1869" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms