Cercyonis

"Wood-nymph" redirects here. For other uses, see Wood nymph (disambiguation).

Cercyonis
Common wood nymph, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
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.