Hyponephele lycaon
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.
Hyponephele lycaon | |
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in North Macedonia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
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.
References
- "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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