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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Satyrs, Morphos and Owls (Satyrinae) » Alpines, Arctics, Nymphs and Satyrs (Satyrini) » Pearly-eyes, Tree Browns, etc. (Lethe) » Creole Pearly-eye - Hodges#4568.2 (Lethe creola)

Species Lethe creola - Creole Pearly-eye - Hodges#4568.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Is this a Creole Pearly-eye? - Lethe creola

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Subfamily Satyrinae (Satyrs, Morphos and Owls)

Tribe Satyrini (Alpines, Arctics, Nymphs and Satyrs)

Genus Lethe (Pearly-eyes, Tree Browns, etc.)

Species creola (Creole Pearly-eye - Hodges#4568.2)

Hodges Number

4568.2

Other Common Names

Creole Pearly Eye

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897)

Enodia creola

Size

Wingspan circa 6-7 cm

Identification

Similar to Northern and Southern Pearly-eyes. See references.

Range

Coastal plain of southeastern United States.

Habitat

Bottomland forests with hostplant, cane.

Season

April-June, July-September in North Carolina (two broods). Further south, three broods, April-September

Food

Adults take rotting fruit, sap, fluids from dung, carrion.

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on cane, Arundinaria.

See Also

Southern Pearly-eye, Lethe portlandia

Northern Pearly-eye, Lethe anthedon

Print References

Brock (1)

Glassberg (2)

Scott (3)

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America--Creole Pearly-eye

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

2.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.

3.	The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide James A. Scott. 1992. Stanford University Press.

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 June, 2004 - 10:25pm
Additional contributions by Nick Block, David Ferguson, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 April, 2016 - 2:34pm

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