Cercyonis oetus, the small wood-nymph or dark wood-nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cercyonis |
| Species: | C. oetus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercyonis oetus (Boisduval, 1869)
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The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
Subspecies
editThere are four recognized subspecies:
- Cercyonis oetus oetus
- Cercyonis oetus charon (Edwards, 1872)
- Cercyonis oetus silvestris (Edwards, 1861)
- Cercyonis oetus pallescens T. & J. Emmel, 1971
References
edit- ^ "Cercyonis Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
edit- Small Wood Nymph, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Small Wood-Nymph, Butterflies of Canada