Hyponephele lycaon
Species of butterfly
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Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is broadly distributed in the temperate zone of the Palearctic from Portugal in the west to the Russian Far East in the east.
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| Hyponephele lycaon specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hyponephele |
| Species: | H. lycaon |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyponephele lycaon Rottemburg, 1775 | |
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
