Mitchell's Satyr
Neonympha mitchellii French, 1889
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Identification: Small and fragile with translucent wings. Underside of both wings with yellow-rimmed black submarginal eyespots.
Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 1 3/4 inches (3.5 - 4.5 cm).
Life History: Adults fly in sunlight with a slow, bobbing flight about a foot above the grasses. Males patrol for females. Females may lay single eggs on grasses, or multiple eggs on the undersurface of small forb seeedlings (2-5"), or on narrow-leaved sedges. Caterpillars eat leaves and the fourth stage hibernates.
Flight: Flight lasts only about 10 days in late June to early July.
Caterpillar Hosts: Sedges and bulrush.
Adult Food: Not reported.
Habitat: Sedge swamps, marshes.
Range: Isolated populations in southern Michigan, northern Indiana, northern New Jersey, and south-central North Carolina.
Conservation: Endangered species. This sensitive butterfly is declining in most of its range, and has already disappeared from former habitat in northeastern Ohio and Maryland. Collecting may eradicate its small colonies.
NCGR: G2 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 to 20 occurrences), or because of other factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range. (Endangered throughout its range).
Management Needs: Prevent trampling of habitat. Prevent drainage or conversion of its wetland habitat.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Jul 11, 2020
Submitted by: Ssneed
Region: Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 25, 2020
Observation date: Jul 07, 2020
Submitted by: Ed Rothwell
Region: Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 08, 2020
Observation date: Jun 14, 2019
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jun 20, 2019
Observation date: Jun 11, 2015
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 14, 2019
Observation date: Jun 02, 2012
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 09, 2012
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 01, 2012
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Anderson)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 29, 2000
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Schipper, Russ)
Region: Cass County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 31, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (HEL,Carter)
Region: Hoke County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 01, 1992
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (SPH)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 21, 1984
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (T. Kral)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 20, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (S. Hall)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (T. Kral)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 01, 1994
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (SPH)
Region: Hoke County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 18, 2002
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (S. Hall)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Anderson)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Anderson)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 21, 2011
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 31, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (HEL,Carter)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (T. Kral)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 03, 1992
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (SPH)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 06, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (J. Pippen)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Anderson)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Anderson)
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina Database)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
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