Species Hermeuptychia sosybius - Carolina Satyr

wingspan 32-38 mm

Adult: dull brown with no eyespots on upperside; underside of wings has a series of yellow-rimmed eyespots along the edge; one spot on underside of forewing is usually slightly larger than the other spots (a feature that distinguishes it from Little Wood Satyr - noted in "See Also" category below)

Southern New Jersey south along the Atlantic Coast to southern Florida; west to southeast Kansas, central Oklahoma, central Texas, and Mexico

(see distribution map at Butterflies and Skippers of North America)

grassy places and woodlands

adults fly all year in the far south; April to October in northern part of range

Larvae feed on Broadleaf Carpet Grass (Axonopus compressus) and Centipede Grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides); females in captivity have oviposited on St. Augustine Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) and Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis)

Adults feed on tree sap and rotting fruit.

three generations per year in northern part of range; more than three farther south

Little Wood Satyr

(Megisto cymela) is very similar but has eyespots on upperside of wings, and underside of forewing has two spots that are much larger than the other spots (not one spot that is slightly larger than the other spots, as in Carolina Satyr)

pinned adult images showing upper and lower sides, plus larval foodplants, flight season, habitat (Dale Clark, Texas, dallasbutterflies.com)

pinned adult images plus description, flight season adult and larval food, habitat, distribution, US range map (Butterflies and Skippers of North America, nearctica.com)