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Cercyonis oetus
Scientific classification
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

Cercyonis oetus, the small wood-nymph or dark wood-nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America.

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

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Subspecies

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

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

External links

• Small Wood Nymph, Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Small Wood-Nymph, Butterflies of Canada

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• Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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