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Paramacera allyni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Paramacera

Paramacera allyni

Similar
  
Euptychia, Cissia, Satyrinae

Paramacera allyni (Arizona pine satyr) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the mountains in south-eastern Arizona to Mexico.

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 allyni Wikipedia