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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Nymphs, Satyrs and Arctic Butterflies (Satyrinae) » Wood Nymphs (Cercyonis) » Common Wood Nymph - Hodges#4587 (Cercyonis pegala)
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Unknown butterfly for ID - Cercyonis pegala
Copyright © 2008 Bill Meier

Unknown butterfly for ID - Cercyonis pegala
West Chicago, Dupage County, Illinois, USA
July 24, 2008
This butterfly appears darker to the naked eye... dark brown or black at times. Thanks for the help.
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Contributed by Bill Meier on 24 July, 2008 - 5:00pm
Last updated 18 August, 2008 - 8:26pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Jason Forbes, 18 August, 2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Common Wood-Nymph, Male
Outstanding image. Nice work Bill. BugGuide doesn't hyphenate Wood-Nymph.
… David Moll, 24 July, 2008 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Common Wood-Nymph
Thanks for that. A few weeks ago I asked for an ID for a similar buttefly but the wing markings looked so different that I did not think it the same.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/198204

Bill
… Bill Meier, 24 July, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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