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Appalachian Brown
Lethe appalachia
Lethe appalachia, known generally as the Appalachian brown or Appalachian eyed brown, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.
From the article Lethe appalachia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Wingspan: 39 to 51 mm. Larvae on Rhynchospora inundata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta.
Similar species. Lethe eurydice (Linnaeus, 1763) – eyed brown Lethe anthedon (A.H. Clark, 1936) – northern pearly-eye
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132227.