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Great Basin Wood-Nymph

Cercyonis sthenele

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 64, February 56, March 58, April 72, May 70, June 166, July 148, August 65, September 57, October 58, November 74, December 57.
United States1,754
California705
Canada696
British Columbia498
Nevada223
Idaho212
Alberta198
Oregon183
Utah157
Washington125

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusWood-Nymphs · Cercyonis

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