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Cercyonis oetus (Small Wood-nymph)

Wikipedia Abstract

The small wood-nymph or dark wood-nymph (Cercyonis oetus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Cercyonis oetus

Infraspecies

Cercyonis oetus alkalorum
Cercyonis oetus charon
Cercyonis oetus oetus
Cercyonis oetus pallescens

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.417 inches (.036 m)

Prey / Diet

Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)[2]

Predators

Scleropogon neglectus[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0