Lethe portlandia

Lethe portlandia, the southern pearly eye, Portland pearlyeye or just pearly eye, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.^[3][4] It is found in the United States from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas east through the south-east.^[5]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Lethe portlandia
Conservation status
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Lethe
Species:	L. portlandia
Binomial name
Lethe portlandia (Fabricius, 1781)[2]
Subspecies
L. p. portlandia (Fabricius, 1781) L. p. floralae Heitzman & dos Passos, 1974 L. p. missarka Heitzman & dos Passos, 1974
Synonyms
List Papilio portlandia Fabricius, 1781 Oreas andromacha Hübner, [1809] Enodia androcardia Hübner, 1821 Enodia portlandia Fabricius, 1781 Gnodia portlandia

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The wingspan is 56–70 mm. Adults feed on sap, rotting fruit, carrion and dung.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Arundinaria tecta. The species overwinters in the larval stage.