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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Cercyonina
  8. Wood-Nymphs

genus

Wood-Nymphs

Cercyonis

Includes
6 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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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  • Common Wood-Nymph native
  • Small Wood-Nymph native
  • Great Basin Wood-Nymph presumed native
  • Mead’s Wood-Nymph presumed native
  • Cercyonis silvestris presumed native
  • Santa Cruz Island Wood-Nymph presumed native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native wood-nymphs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala 35,409 observations
  • Small Wood-Nymph Cercyonis oetus 4,445 observations

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