Hermeuptychia hermes
Fabricius, 1775 · speciesAt a glance
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Hermeuptychia hermes's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 408 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI21 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics90 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south along the coast to southern Florida, west to south-eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas. It is also found in Mexico. The wingspan is 32–38 mm. The upperside is brown without markings. The underside is also brown, but with small eyespots rimmed with yellow on both wings. They feed on sap and rotting fruit.Butterflies and Moths of North America collecting and sharing data about LepidopteraLife history of H. sosybius. USA: TX: Brazoria County, Bar-X Ranch, Rd. 971N, 29.13252 -95.58340, ex ovum ex ? collected on 4-Mar-2000, except o, which is TX: Wise Co., LBJ National Grassland. an ovum, 6-Mar-2000 b–d 1st instars, photographed on 14- 14- & 16-Mar-2000, respectively e–g 2nd instars photographed on 21- 19- & 21-Mar-2000 e, f are just after molt, shed larval skins are behind and 1st instar head capsule (black) is on the left in e, f is in a curled position adopted when disturbed h pre-molt quiescent 2nd instar larvae in a typical “head-to-head” resting position, 24-Mar-2000 i–j 3rd instars, 24- & 27-Mar- 2000 k–l 4th (ultimate) instars, ??, 3- & 6-Apr-2000 l close to pupation, note the color and shape change m prepupa, 6-Apr-2000 n–p pupae, 9-Apr-2000, 8-Aug-1998, & 17-Apr-2000 o is from Wise Co., wing color is starting to develop p near eclosion, dark adult is seen through semi-transparent pupal cuticle. Most images show different individuals. Images a–g are enlarged 2 times (scale on f) compared to the rest (scale on l) Its larvae can feed upon the highly-invasive Japanese stilt grass Microstegium vimineum, so populations of this butterfly are potentially at risk from efforts to remove stilt grass. The endangered Mitchell's Satyr Neonympha mitchellii is also able to feed upon stilt grass. The larvae also feed on various Poaceae species, including Axonopus compressus, Eremochloa ophiuroides, Stenotaphrum secundatum and Poa pratensis.
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A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Hermeuptychia hermes has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type13 408 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions17 of 44 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Ciudad de México, MX | 6 136 |
| Tapachula, MX | 2 084 |
| Mexico City, MX | 431 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 349 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 335 |
| Cambridge, US | 230 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 222 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 178 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 105 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 87 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 69 |
| San Francisco, US | 58 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 56 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 54 |
| 42 | |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 31 |
| University of Central Floridalocation not on record | 31 |
| Los Angeles, US | 25 |
| Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record | 21 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 20 |
| The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record | 20 |
| Grupo Prodecolocation not on record | 20 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 19 |
| Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record | 16 |
| East Lansing, US | 15 |
| Philadelphia, US | 14 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 13 |
| Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record | 12 |
| WCS Colombialocation not on record | 9 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 8 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 8 |
| Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 6 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 5 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Brussels, BE | 3 |
| Universidad del Vallelocation not on record | 3 |
| UNHClocation not on record | 3 |
| San Diego, US | 3 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Sucre (UniSucre)location not on record | 2 |
| FLMNH-UFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| Universidad del Atlántico (UniAtlantico)location not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
Where the DNA of Hermeuptychia hermes was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.