Nabokov's Satyr
Cyllopsis pyracmon nabokovi
(fall brood)

General: The spring form of this butterfly looks different from the fall form and they were at one time considered separate species. Nabokov's Satyr is attracted to mud but not to flowers.
Flight: late spring and again in fall
Foodplant: Pinyon rice grass, Piptochaetium fimbriatum; bulb panicum, Panicium bulbosom; bull grass, Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Status: resident
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