Lethe appalachia

Lethe appalachia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Genus: Lethe
Species:
L. appalachia
Binomial name
Lethe appalachia
R.L. Chermock, 1947
Synonyms
  • Satyrodes appalachia (R. Chermock, 1947)

Lethe appalachia, commonly known as the Appalachian brown or Appalachian eyed brown, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.

Appalachian brown, Lethe appalachia

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognised:ref name=

Description

Wingspan: 39 to 51 mm.

Larvae on Rhynchospora inundata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta.

Similar species

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lethe appalachia Appalachian Eyed Brown". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Peña, Carlos; Wahlberg, Niklas; Weingartner, Elisabet; Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa; Nylin, Sören; Freitas, André V.L.; Brower, Andrew V.Z. (July 2006). "Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40 (1): 29–49. Bibcode:2006MolPE..40...29P. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.007. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 16563805.
  3. 1 2 Pohl, Greg R.; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016), Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico, Unpublished, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287, retrieved 2026-09-06
  4. 1 2 3 "Lethe appalachia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. 1 2 "Lethe appalachia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Lethe appalachia Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. 1 2 Appalachian Brown, Butterflies of Canada
  8. ↑ "Lethe". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-09-07.