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Common Wood-Nymph - Hodges#4587 (Cercyonis pegala)
Photo#659658
Copyright © 2012
Ameet Zaveri
Wood Nymph? -
Cercyonis pegala
Sunol Regional Wilderness, Alameda County, California, USA
June 17, 2012
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Contributed by
Ameet Zaveri
on 18 June, 2012 - 11:45pm
Last updated 5 May, 2020 - 12:05am
Moved
Moved from
Great Basin Wood-Nymph
.
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Ameet Zaveri
, 5 May, 2020 - 12:04am
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Moved
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Ameet Zaveri
, 19 June, 2012 - 8:32pm
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Behavior seemed to match too
It sat on the path or on the ground in the middle of the bushes nearby and flew around jerkily a few times before landing on the ground again.
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Ameet Zaveri
, 19 June, 2012 - 8:37pm
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Found out it is a Common Wood Nymph
from another butterfly forum.
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Ameet Zaveri
, 29 January, 2018 - 4:40pm
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