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Satyrs
Satyrinae
 
Small to medium-sized. Brown, usually with eyespots.
 
name range
&
habitat
active
&
broods
adult
&
larval foods
Common  Wood-Nymph
  Cercyonis pegala
north, central
 
fields,
pine woods
Jun-Jul
 
1
 
flowers
 
grasses
 
Gemmed Satyr
  Cyllopsis gemma
north, central
 
fields, shaded
water edges,
pine woods
Feb-Nov
 
2
 
 
 
 
Bermuda grass
 
 
Southern Pearly Eye
  Enodia portlandia
north
peninsula
 
woods
 
Apr-Nov
 
 
1-3
 
rotting fruit, sap,
manure, carrion
 
grasses, giant cane,
maidencane
Carolina Satyr
  Hermeuptypchia sosybius
statewide
 
fields, woods
all year
 
successive
rotting fruit, sap
 
grasses
Little Wood Satyr
  Megisto cymela
north
 
grassy woods,
fields near
woods
Mar-Jun
 
2
 
 
sap, aphid honeydew
 
grasses
 
 
Viola's Wood Satyr
  Megisto viola
north to
mid-central
 
grassy woods
Apr
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
Georgia Satyr
  Neonympha areolata
statewide
 
fields,
pine woods
all year
 
3+
 
 
 
sedges
 
Appalachian Brown
  Satyrodes appalachia
north
peninsula
 
fields near
swamps
& streams
Jun-Oct
 
 
2+
 
 
sap, mud
 
 
sedges
 
 

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