''Satyrodes eurydice'', the eyed brown or marsh eyed brown, is a species of
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
butterfly that is native to North America.
There are two subspecies—the nominate species, the eyed brown (''S. e. eurydice''), and the smokey eyed brown (''S. e. fumosa'') (Leussler, 1916).
Wingspan: 38 to 48 mm.
[Eyed Brown]
Butterflies of Canada
They have one brood with a flight period from late June through August.
Larvae feed on sedges (''
Carex'') in particular ''
C. lacustris'', ''
C. atherodes'', ''
C. rostrata'', and ''
C. stricta''.
[Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ]
Similar species
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(R.L. Chermock, 1947) – Appalachian brown
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Enodia anthedon
''Lethe anthedon'', the northern pearly-eye, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America, from central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabam ...
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A.H. Clark, 1936 – northern pearly-eye
References and external links
Butterflies of North America
Butterflies described in 1763
Elymniini
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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