Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola)

Uncommon and local across NC, Creole Pearly-eyes have two broods, flying May-June and July-September. Distinguished from Southern Pearly-eye by having black & orange antennae and from Northern Pearly-eye by its "knuckled" median forewing line. Note also that Creoles generally have a taller forewing with 5 spots, rather than 4.

Formerly classified as Enodia creola.


Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola) Cumberland Co, NC 4 June 2006	Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola) Catawba Co., NC 4 Aug 2012


Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola) Currituck Co. NC 20 Aug 2014	Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola) Caldwell Co., NC 23 Aug 2016

Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola)
Scotland Co., NC
25 May 2023

Creole Pearly-eye (Lethe creola) habitat
Currituck Co. NC
20 Aug 2014

Bottomland coastal plain forest with Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea)

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