Enodia anthedon
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Enodia anthedon is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Nymphalidae (Nymphalidae).
features
butterfly
The wingspan of the moth is 45 to 67 millimeters. Fore and hind wings are brown in color on the upper and lower sides. They are provided with some black, yellow-rimmed eye spots, which are cored white on the underside and run in a straight line on the forewings.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa
The egg is greenish-white in color.
Adult caterpillars are greenish, with a dark back line and yellowish side stripes. There are two pale pink tips at the end of the body. The green head has two reddish horn-like thickenings.
The tumbler is yellow-green to blue-green.
Similar species
Enodia portlandia differs primarily in the wide whitish border of the eye-spots on the underside of the hind wings. There is also a similarity to the yellow butterfly ( Lopinga achine ), which is found in Europe and parts of Asia. Thus there is no geographical overlap with Enodia anthedon .
Distribution and occurrence
The distribution area of the nominate form Enodia anthedon anthedon stretches from the middle of the United States to the east to Nova Scotia , in the south to Alabama and Mississippi . The subspecies Enodia anthedon borealis occurs in Manitoba , Ontario , Québec and Maine .
Enodia anthedon prefers to colonize shady forests.
Way of life
The moths fly in the north of the distribution area in one generation from late July to late August, sometimes until early September, further south in two generations from late May to late September. They like to suckle on damp places in the earth, carrion , mushrooms or excrement , but not on flowers. The caterpillars feed on grasses, for example reed grass ( Phalaris arundinacea ), Leersia virginica , Brachyelytrum erectum , Chasmanthium latifolium , Schizachne purpurascens or Saccarum species . The species overwinters in the third and fourth instar.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ Butterflies and Moths of North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Enodia-anthedon
- ↑ Distribution http://www.ftp.funet.fi/index/files/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/enodia/index.html
- ↑ a b James A. Scott: The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1986 ISBN 0-8047-2013-4 , pp. 234/235
literature
- James A. Scott: The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1986 ISBN 0-8047-2013-4 , pp. 234/235
