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Neominois ridingsii (Riding's Satyr)

Synonyms: Neominois ashtaroth; Neominois dionysius; Neominois ridingsii stretchii; Neominois stretchii; Satyrus ridingsii

Wikipedia Abstract

Neominois ridingsii, Riding's Satyr, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found from southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba south to the Guadalupe and Catron counties of New Mexico, and west to the central Sierra Nevada of California and central Oregon. The habitat consists of short-grass prairie, intermountain areas and grasslands with some areas of bare soil. The larvae feed on Bouteloua gracilis. Third- and fourth instar larvae overwinter.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.535 inches (.039 m)

Prey / Diet

Bouteloua aristidoides (needle grama)[2]

Predators

Stenopogon inquinatus[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0