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Great Basin Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis sthenele
Cercyonis sthenele, the Great Basin wood-nymph, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
From the article Cercyonis sthenele on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It is dark brown with two eyespots on the forewing with the upper larger than the lower. The wingspan measures 39–44 mm (1.5–1.7 in). Its flight period is from late June to late August. It is found in arid woodland, especially pinyon-juniper, chaparral and brushland habitats.
Similar species. Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) – larger, eyespots similar in size Small wood-nymph (Cercyonis oetus) – lacks lower eyespot in males, lower eyespot is closer to margin than upper eyespot in females
Range & habitat
C. sthenele ranges over much of the western United States and reaches to southern British Columbia, Canada.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59186.