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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Satyrs, Morphos and Owls (Satyrinae) » Alpines, Arctics, Nymphs and Satyrs (Satyrini) » Wood-Nymphs (Cercyonis) » Great Basin Wood-Nymph - Hodges#4589 (Cercyonis sthenele)

Species Cercyonis sthenele - Great Basin Wood-Nymph - Hodges#4589

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Great Basin Wood Nymph - Cercyonis sthenele - male Great Basin Wood Nymph - Cercyonis sthenele - male Cercyonis sthenele - male Great Basin Wood Nymph - Cercyonis sthenele Unknown butterfly - Cercyonis sthenele Great Basin Wood Nymph - Cercyonis sthenele Brown butterfly with eyespots - Cercyonis sthenele Great Basin Wood-Nymph - Cercyonis sthenele
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Satyrinae (Satyrs, Morphos and Owls)
Tribe Satyrini (Alpines, Arctics, Nymphs and Satyrs)
Genus Cercyonis (Wood-Nymphs)
Species sthenele (Great Basin Wood-Nymph - Hodges#4589)
Hodges Number
4589
Identification
Above, wings are brown. Below, female has two large eyespots on the forewing, male has two smaller ones.
Range
"Southern British Columbia south through California to Baja California Norte; east to Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona."
Food
Larvae feed on grasses.
Internet References
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Contributed by tom murray on 22 July, 2005 - 4:58pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Joshua Stuart Rose, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 7 September, 2019 - 3:04pm

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