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title: "Carolina Satyr"
description: "Hermeuptychia sosybius — Owady i pająki. Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/carolina-satyr
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carolina Satyr

> Hermeuptychia sosybius — Owady i pająki. Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Hermeuptychia sosybius*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 16943
- Wikidata: [Q674798](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q674798)
- iNaturalist taxon: [60752](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60752)

## Names

- en: Carolina Satyr
- es: Mariposa sátira de Carolina

## Countries with the most observations

US (13915), MX (9), GT (5), PA (5)

## Summary

Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south along the coast to southern Florida, west to south-eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas. It is also found in Mexico and Central America.
The wingspan is 32–38 mm.
The larvae also feed on various Poaceae species, including Axonopus compressus, Eremochloa ophiuroides, Stenotaphrum secundatum and Poa pratensis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeuptychia_sosybius

## Photo

![Carolina Satyr](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/carolina-satyr/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bradley Saul · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5761349

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/carolina-satyr?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).