Enodia portlandia

Enodia portlandia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Enodia
Species: E. portlandia
Binomial name
Enodia portlandia
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio portlandia Fabricius, 1781
  • Oreas andromacha Hübner, [1809]
  • Enodia androcardia Hübner, 1821
  • Lethe portlandia
  • Gnodia portlandia

The Southern Pearly Eye, Portland Pearlyeye or just Pearly Eye (Enodia portlandia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas east through the south-eastern United States.[2]

The wingspan is 56-70 mm. The upperside is brown with dark eyespots at the margins. The underside is light brown. Adults feed on sap, rotting fruit, carrion and dung.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Arundinaria tecta. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

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