Hermeuptychia sosybius
Species of butterfly
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Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south along the coast to southern Florida, west to south-eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas. It is also found in Mexico and Central America.
| Carolina satyr | |
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| Mississippi, USA | |
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| Copan, Honduras | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hermeuptychia |
| Species: | H. sosybius |
| Binomial name | |
| Hermeuptychia sosybius | |
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The wingspan is 32–38 mm.[3][4][5][6][7]
The larvae also feed on various Poaceae species, including Axonopus compressus, Eremochloa ophiuroides, Stenotaphrum secundatum and Poa pratensis.
