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Cercyonis
Genus of butterflies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.

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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
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