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Hermeuptychia intricata

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Hermeuptychia intricata
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hermeuptychia
Species:
H. intricata
Binomial name
Hermeuptychia intricata
Grishin, 2014

Hermeuptychia intricata, the intricate satyr is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has been recorded from the coastal plains of the eastern United States and is currently documented from Texas, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.[1]

The length of the forewings is 16.5 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "North Carolina Butterfly Website". www.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  2. ^ A new Hermeuptychia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) is sympatric and synchronic with H. sosybius in southeast US coastal plains, while another new Hermeuptychia species – not hermes – inhabits south Texas and northeast Mexico