Biology:Cercyonis

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Cercyonis
Common Wood Nymph.jpg
Common wood nymph, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Maniolina
Genus: Cercyonis
Scudder, 1875
Species

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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.

Cercyonis pegala

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 Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Brock, J.P and Kaufman K. (2003) Kaufman Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Wikidata ☰ Q375797 entry