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: Aug 25, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Dr J. D. Turner)
Region: Fayette County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Jan 11, 2008
Observation date: Jun 12, 2004
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 12, 2007
Observation date: Jun 05, 2004
Submitted by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny)
Verified date: Dec 12, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Bibb County, Alabama, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Barry County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Cass County, Michigan, United States
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Region: Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Kent County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Hoke County, North Carolina, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Lagrange County, Indiana, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Van Buren County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Warren County, New Jersey, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Berrien County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Jackson County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Lenawee County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Morris County, New Jersey, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Steuben County, Indiana, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Branch County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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