Gyrocheilus is a monotypic genus in the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae."Gyrocheilus Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms The single contained species is Gyrocheilus patrobas, the red-bordered brown, which is found in North America in central and southern Arizona and Mexico.Butterflies of America The habitat consists of streamsides in open coniferous forests in the mountainous areas.
The wingspan is 51–60 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-August to October.
The larvae feed on Muhlenbergia emersleyi.Butterflies and Moths of North America
Subspecies Gyrocheilus patrobas patrobas (Mexico) Gyrocheilus patrobas tritonia Edwards, 1874 (Arizona)
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