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]

Cercyonis oetus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cercyonis
Species:
C. oetus
Binomial name
Cercyonis oetus
(Boisduval, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Satyrus oetus

The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Subspecies

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There 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

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  1. ^ "Cercyonis Scudder, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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