Paramacera allyni
Paramacera allyni, the Arizona pine satyr or pine satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America from the mountains in south-eastern Arizona to Mexico.[2]
| Arizona pine satyr | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Paramacera |
| Species: | P. allyni |
| Binomial name | |
| Paramacera allyni Miller, 1972[1] | |
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The wingspan is 35–48 mm. Adults have brown wings, with dark borders and unringed eyespots on the upperside. On the underside, there are dark irregular lines, a large eyespot at the tip of the forewing and six small eyespots on the hindwing. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year.
References
- "Paramacera Butler, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Butterflies of Northern Mexico
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