| Eyed brown | |
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| Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada | |
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| Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Nymphalidae | 
| Genus: | Satyrodes | 
| Species: | S. eurydice | 
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrodes eurydice | |
| Subspecies | |
| See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Satyrodes eurydice, the eyed brown or marsh eyed brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly that is native to North America.[1][2]
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
- Satyrodes appalachia (R.L. Chermock, 1947) – Appalachian brown
- Enodia anthedon A.H. Clark, 1936 – northern pearly-eye
References and external links
- ↑ "BMNA Species Detail". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ↑ "Satyrodes Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Eyed Brown, Butterflies of Canada
- ↑ Eyed Brown, Wisconsin Butterflies
- ↑ Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0
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