Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrodes appalachia [return to Home Page]

Click on image to enlarge.


Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrodes appalachia
Common Name: Appalachian Eyed Brown

Country: USA
State/District: VA
County: Fairfax
Date: July 2002

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A Appalachian Eyed Brown brown butterfly DMWP
Additional Information:


      At Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, I saw males perching on leaves in the shade and in sun patches, males chasing one another in a rapid circular flight near by the shore of the Potomac River, and a male chasing a Pearl Crescent.    

Figures 1–2.   A perching male that sat motionless on leaves of Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) for minutes at a time, allowing me to photograph him with ease (June 2001).

Figures 3–4.   An older male with worn wings with missing parts resting on a leaf of Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelainberry), possibly due to a birds’ holding holding his wings with its beak (August 2001).


update template

Click on image to enlarge.


Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrodes appalachia
Common Name: Appalachian Eyed Brown

Country: USA
State/District: VA
County: Fairfax
Date: July 2002

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A Appalachian Eyed Brown brown butterfly DMWP
Additional Information:


Figures 1–2.   A female with worn wings sunning on a leaf of Impatiens pallida (Yellow Touch-me-not) (August 2001).


update template

�Copyright 2009 Georgetown University