Male on the left, Female on the right
Female dorsal
from Bannock County,
Idaho
Photo Details -
1. Male and female
specimen by Todd Stout
2. Female dorsal
specimen from Bannock County, Idaho by Nicky
Davis
Characteristics
This female
butterfly has a 2.5 inch wingspan, 2 large eyespots encircled with
yellow on forewing, 2 small eyespots on hindwing.
Postmedian
dark
band on forewing goes up further than the top eyespot.
Description
1 7/8 - 2 11/16 "
Dorsal
Brown with prominent
nearly equal eyespots in the forewing
submargin
in Rs-M1 and in Cu1-Cu2 and may or may not have paler areas
surrounding the eyespots. (This one has a hint of an orange wash about
half way around the eyespots) Females
may also have an eyespot at the anal angle of the hindwing,
larger and
more developed forewing eyespots and may be paler overall.
Ventral
Male
and female may have up to 6 eyespots on the ventral
hindwing which are ringed with yellow. Postmedian dark
band on forewing goes up further than the top eyespot.
Univoltine in the north
but bi or multivoltine in the south.
Hibernation is as first instar larva.
Habitat
They can be
found in grasslands, open woodlands and at edges of
woods up to 10,500 feet
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