Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897) (Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897))
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Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897)

Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897)

The creole pearly-eye (Lethe creola) is a brush-footed butterfly species found in the southeastern United States.

Family
Genus
Lethe
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897)

Lethe creola, commonly known as the creole pearly-eye, is a species of brush-footed butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. This species is found in the United States, ranging from North Carolina and central Georgia westward to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Some taxonomic authorities reclassify this species into the genus Enodia, under the scientific name Enodia creola. The MONA (also called Hodges) number assigned to Lethe creola is 4568.2.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Lethe

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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