''Enodia'' (origin Greek, see Enodia) is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

Species

In alphabetical order: * ''

Enodia anthedon ''Lethe anthedon'', the northern pearly-eye, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America, from central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabam ...

'' (Clark, 1936) – northern pearly-eye * ''Enodia creola'' (Skinner, 1897) – Creole pearly-eye, now accepted as ''

Lethe creola ''Lethe creola'', the creole pearly-eye, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found it the United States from North Carolina and central Georgia west to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas Texas ( , ; ...

''. * '' Enodia portlandia'' (Fabricius, 1781) – southern pearly-eye or pearly-eye

References

Elymniini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Elymniini-stub