Cercyonis (butterfly)

Cercyonis (butterfly)
Cercyonis
Common Wood Nymph, Ottawa, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Cercyonis
Scudder, 1875
Cercyonis species

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Cercyonis is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae, commonly called Wood-nymphs or Wood Nymphs in the family Nymphalidae found in North America.

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

References

  1. ^ Cercyonis. funet.fi
  • Brock, J.P and Kaufman K. (2003) Kaufman Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York:Houghton Mifflin.