species 727 observations

Red-bordered Satyr

Gyrocheilus patrobas

Field notes

Gyrocheilus is a monotypic genus in the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae. The single contained species is Gyrocheilus patrobas, the red-bordered brown, which is found in North America in central and southern Arizona and Mexico. The habitat consists of streamsides in open coniferous forests in the mountainous areas.

The wingspan is 51–60 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-August to October.

The larvae feed on Muhlenbergia emersleyi.

Read more on Wikipedia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided