Northern Pearly-eye | |
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Ventral view | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Enodia |
Species: | E. anthedon |
Binomial name | |
Enodia anthedon A. H. Clark, 1936[1] |
The Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon) is a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America[2], where it is found from central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabama and Mississippi.[3]
The wingspan is 45-67 mm. The upperside is brown with dark eyespots and the underside is brown. Adults feed on dung, fungi, carrion and sap from willows, poplars and birches.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Leersia virginica, Erianthus and Muhlenbergia species, Brachyelytrum erectum, Uniola latifolia and Hystrix patula. The species overwinters in the larval stage.