''Cercyonis'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the

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Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

found in North America. They are commonly called wood-nymphs or wood nymphs.

Species

Listed alphabetically:"''Cercyonis'' Scudder, 1875"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'' 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

References

* Brock, J.P and Kaufman K. (2003) ''Kaufman Guide to Butterflies of North America'', New York: Houghton Mifflin. Satyrini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder {{Satyrini-stub