Cyllopsis gemma

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Cyllopsis gemma
File:Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma).jpg
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cyllopsis
Species:
C. gemma
Binomial name
Cyllopsis gemma
Hübner, 1808
Synonyms
  • Oreas gemma
  • Neonympha gemma
  • Papilio cornelius
  • Euptychia gemma

Cyllopsis gemma, the gemmed satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[2] It is found in the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico.

File:Cyllopsis gemma.jpg
Pair

The wingspan is 35–43 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in the northern parts of its range and year round in the south.

The larvae probably feed on Cynodon dactylon.

Subspecies

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There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Cyllopsis gemma gemma
  • Cyllopsis gemma freemani

References

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  2. ^ "Cyllopsis R. Felder, 1869" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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