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Wood-Nymphs
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Wood-Nymphs

Cercyonis

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.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Wood-Nymph

speciesCercyonis pegala

Small Wood-Nymph

speciesCercyonis oetus

Great Basin Wood-Nymph

speciesCercyonis sthenele

Mead’s Wood-Nymph

speciesCercyonis meadii

Cercyonis silvestris

speciesCercyonis silvestris

Santa Cruz Island Wood-Nymph

speciesCercyonis hypoleuca

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58608.