Cercyonis
"Wood-nymph" redirects here. For other uses, see Wood nymph (disambiguation).
| Cercyonis | |
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| 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
- Brock, J.P and Kaufman K. (2003) Kaufman Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York:Houghton Mifflin.
 
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