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Appalachian Brown (Lethe appalachia) is a large, brown butterfly with a number of small eyespots along the margins of the wings. Like other members of the subfamily Satyrinae, this species generally frequents shaded forested habitats, and rarely leaves the cover of trees for open areas. This common woodland butterfly has two broods in Maryland, in June, and then again in August (Butterflies of Maryland: A Biological Summary and Checklist by Lynn Davidson & Richard Smith).
Relationships
Uses sedges as host plants. Reported to use Carex lacustris in New York, and C. stricta in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Also uses Fowl Mannagrass (Glyceria striata) in West Virginia.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Elymniini |
Genus: | Lethe |
Species: | L. appalachia
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Binomial name | |
Lethe appalachia R. Chermock, 1947
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Lethe appalachia, known generally as the Appalachian brown or Appalachian eyed brown, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1]
The MONA or Hodges number for Lethe appalachia is 4569.[4]
See Satyrodes appalachia at Wikipedia for more Lethe appalachia information.
(Satyrodes = older genus name)
Subspecies
[edit]These two subspecies belong to the species Lethe appalachia:
- Lethe appalachia appalachia R. Chermock, 1947 i g
- Lethe appalachia leeuwi Gatrelle and Arbogast, 1974 i g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lethe appalachia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Lethe appalachia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Lethe appalachia Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Lethe appalachia". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
Further reading
[edit]- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Lethe appalachia at Wikimedia Commons