Cercyonis
Cercyonis is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found in North America. They are commonly called wood-nymphs or wood nymphs.
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| Common wood nymph, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Maniolina |
| Genus: | Cercyonis Scudder, 1875 |
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Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Cercyonis pegala (Fabricius, 1775) – common wood-nymph or large wood-nymph
- Cercyonis meadii (Edwards, 1872) – red-eyed wood-nymph or Mead's wood-nymph
- Cercyonis sthenele (Boisduval, 1852) – Great Basin wood-nymph
- Cercyonis oetus (Boisduval, 1869) – dark wood-nymph or small wood-nymph
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References
- "Cercyonis Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cercyonis. |
- Brock, J.P and Kaufman K. (2003) Kaufman Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York: Houghton Mifflin.
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