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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaLepidopteraNymphalidaeCyllopsis

Gemmed Satyr
Cyllopsis gemma (Hübner, 1809)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Nymphalidae
Genus Cyllopsis
Species Cyllopsis gemma (Hübner, 1809)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Tennessee.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee
Marion

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

Illinois
SU Unrankable
Alabama
S4 Apparently Secure
Tennessee
S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi
S4 Apparently Secure
Arkansas
S3 Vulnerable
South Carolina
S4 Apparently Secure
Texas
S5B Secure (breeding)
Georgia
S4 Apparently Secure
Louisiana
S4 Apparently Secure
West Virginia
S3 Vulnerable
Kansas
S1 Critically Imperiled
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Indiana
S4 Apparently Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Ohio
SU Unrankable
Missouri
SU Unrankable
Florida
S4 Apparently Secure
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Hay, W.P. 1902. Observations on the crustacean fauna of Nickajack Cave, Tennessee, and vicinity. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 417–439. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.25-1292.417

How to cite this account

Cyllopsis gemma (Hübner, 1809). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2348. https://cavebiology.org/species/cyllopsis-gemma/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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