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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cercyonis sthenele, the Great Basin wood-nymph, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
| Great Basin wood-nymph | |
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| Cercyonis sthenele paulus, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cercyonis |
| Species: | C. sthenele |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercyonis sthenele (Boisduval, 1852) | |
| Synonyms | |
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It is dark brown with two eyespots on the forewing with the upper larger than the lower.[3]
The wingspan measures 39–44 mm (1.5–1.7 in). Its flight period is from late June to late August.[4] It is found in arid woodland, especially pinyon-juniper, chaparral and brushland habitats.[1]
The following subspecies are recognised:[5]
C. sthenele ranges over much of the western United States and reaches to southern British Columbia, Canada.[4]
Larvae feed on various species of grass. The first instar hibernates.[4]
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