Lethe creola, the creole pearly-eye, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2][3][4] It is found it the United States from North Carolina and central Georgia west to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas.[5] Some authorities include this species in the genus Enodia as Enodia creola.[6]

Lethe creola

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lethe
Species:
L. creola
Binomial name
Lethe creola
(Skinner, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Enodia creola Skinner, 1897
  • Debis creola Skinner, 1897

The MONA or Hodges number for Lethe creola is 4568.2.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lethe creola Creole Pearly-Eye". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Lethe creola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ^ "Lethe creola". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ^ "Lethe creola Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
  6. ^ Calhoun, John V.; Leary, Patrick R.; Berthet, Bill; Warren, Andrew D. (2015). "Discovered at last: Lethe creola (Nymphalidae: Satyridae) is a resident of Florida". Southern Lepidopterists' News. 37 (2): 81.
  7. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Lethe creola". Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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