Cercyonis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Coenonymphina
Genus: Cercyonis
Species: C. meadii – C. oetus – C. pegala – C. sthenele
Name

Cercyonis Scudder, 1875
References

Austin, G.T., 1992: Cercyonis pegala (Fabricius) (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the great basin: new subspecies and biogeography. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 135: 1–60. Full article: [1].
Emmel, J.F. , T.C. Emmel & K. Davenport 2008: A new subspecies of Cercyonis pegala Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) from the Southern Sierra Nevada of California. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 157: 1–5.
Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
Kheil, N. M., 1884. Die Rhopalocera der Insel Nias. 38 pp., 5 pls., R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Wood-Nymphs

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.
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

"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.