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.

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