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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) » Southern Pearly-eye - Hodges#4568 (Lethe portlandia)

Species Lethe portlandia - Southern Pearly-eye - Hodges#4568

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

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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 portlandia (Southern Pearly-eye - Hodges#4568)

Hodges Number

4568

Other Common Names

Southern Pearly Eye

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Enodia portlandia

Orig. Comb: Papilio portlandia Fabricius, 1781

Identification

Note orange antennal clubs. Eye-spots surronded by white band.

Range

se US - Map - (MPG)

Habitat

Bottomland forests with cane, Arundinaria.

Season

mostly Apr-Sept, 3 broods (BG data)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on Switchcane, Arundinaria.

See Also

Northern Pearly-eye, Lethe anthedon

Creole Pearly-eye, Lethe creola

Print References

Glassberg (1)

Brock (2)

Scott (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Works Cited

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

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

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 8 June, 2004 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Nick Block, David Ferguson, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 April, 2016 - 2:33pm

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