Cercyonis

Cercyonis Scudder, 1875

Cercyonis Scudder, 1875; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2: 235, 241; TS: Papilio alope Fabricius

Cercyonis; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Cercyonis (Coenonymphina); [NL4A], 223
Cercyonis (Maniolina); [Wahlberg, 2023]

Cercyonis pegala (Fabricius, 1775)

Mexico, South Carolina. See [maps] Large Wood Nymph

Papilio pegala Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 494; TL: [South Carolina]
Satyrys nephele var. maritima Edwards, 1880; Can. Ent. 12 (2): 23; TL: Nantucket I.

Cercyonis alope maritima; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
Cercyonis pegala australosierra; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala carsonensis; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala maritima; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala paludum; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala paucilineatus; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala pegala; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala pluvialis; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala utahensis; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala walkerensis; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis pegala; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 27; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 18, f. 3; [NACL], #4587; [NAB], 683; [NL4A], #1600; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BOA] ; [BOA] ; [BOA] ; [BOA] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]
Papilio pegala; Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 230
Papilio pegula[sic, pegala]; Herbst, 1796, in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 8: 298

800x717 (~93Kb) underside USA: Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve, Thurston Co., WA, 13.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela	800x687 (~87Kb) USA: nr Crystal Mountain / FR9726 (47°14'35N 120°40'41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 11.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela	600x751 (~54Kb) ♀ upperside USA: FR 9712 nr. Liberty, Lion Gulch, (47°15'47N 120°40'15W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela
600x743 (~45Kb) underside USA: FR 9712 nr. Liberty, Lion Gulch, (47°15'47N 120°40'15W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela	900x764 (~77Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 28.6.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny	900x770 (~116Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 28.6.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny
1600x1523 (~313Kb) underside USA: Montana, Mineral Co., start of Camel Hump Rd (47°21'44"N 115°11'49"W), 6.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela	900x1138 (~128Kb) underside USA: Montana, Mineral Co., start of Camel Hump Rd (47°21'44"N 115°11'49"W), 6.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

C. p. abbotti (Brown, 1969)
- Ceryconis pegala abbotti Brown, 1969; Ent. News 80 (7): (193-196)
- Cercyonis pegala abbotti; [NACL], #4587a; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
C. p. alope (Fabricius, 1793) Texas
- Papilio alope Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 229
- ochracea F. & R. Chermock, 1942
- carolina F. & R. Chermock, 1942
- Cercyonis alope; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
- Cercyonis pegala alope; [NACL], #4587b; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- Cercyonis pegala carolina; [iNaturalist]
C. p. nephele (Kirby, 1837)
- nephele Kirby, 1837; in Richardson, Fauna Boreal Amer.: 297
- Cercyonis alope nephele; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
- Cercyonis pegala nephele; [NACL], #4587c; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
C. p. olympus (Edwards, 1880)
- borealis F. Chermock, 1929
- Cercyonis pegala olympus; [NACL], #4587d; [iNaturalist]
C. p. texana (Edwards, 1880) Texas
- Satyrus alope var. texana Edwards, 1880; Can. Ent. 12 (2): 24; TL: Texas
- Cercyonis alope texana; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
- Cercyonis pegala texana; [NACL], #4587e; [NL4A], #1600a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
C. p. ino Hall, 1924
- Cercyonis pegala ino; [NACL], #4587f; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
C. p. boopis (Behr, 1864)
- Satyrus boopis Behr, 1864; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3 (2): 164
- Satyrus baroni Edwards, 1880; Can. Ent. 12 (5): 91
- incana Edwards, 1880
- Cercyonis alope baroni; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
- Cercyonis alope boopis; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
- Cercyonis pegala baroni; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
- Cercyonis pegala boopis; [NACL], #4587g; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- Cercyonis pegala incana; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
C. p. ariane (Boisduval, 1852) Oregon, Utah
- Satyrus gabbii Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3: 193; TL: Orengon
- Cercyonis gabbii; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
- Cercyonis pegala ariane; [NACL], #4587h; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- Cercyonis pegala gabbii; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
C. p. stephensi (Wright, 1905)
- Cercyonis pegala stephensi; [NACL], #4587i; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
C. p. wheeleri (Edwards, 1873)
- Satyrus wheeleri Edwards, 1873; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4: 343
- hoffmani Strecker, 1873
- Cercyonis pegala wheeleri; [NACL], #4587j; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- Cercyonis wheeleri; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
C. p. damei Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
- Cercyonis meadi damei; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
- Cercyonis meadii damei; [P&N23]
- Cercyonis pegala damei; [NACL], #4587k
- Cercyonis sthenele damei; [iNaturalist]
C. p. blanca Emmel & Mattoon, 1972
- Cercyonis pegala blanca Emmel & Mattoon, 1972; J. Lep. Soc. 26: (140-149)
- Cercyonis pegala blanca; [NACL], #4587l; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Cercyonis meadii (Edwards, 1872) Colorado - Montana. See [maps] Red-eyed Wood Nymph
- Erebia meadii Edwards, 1872; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4: 70; TL: Colorado
- Cercyonis meadi; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
- Cercyonis meadii; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28; [NACL], #4588; [BOW]: pl. 18, f. 1; [NAB], 684; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1598; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]
1800x1567 (~348Kb) underside USA: Pike National Forest, Sugar Creek on CR-67 (about 39°18'N 105°10'W), Douglas Co., CO, 29.7.2012, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]
- C. m. meadii Colorado
  - Cercyonis meadii meadii; [NL4A], #1598a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- C. m. melania Wind, 1946
  - Cercyonis meadii melania; [NACL], #4588a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- C. m. mexicana (Chermock, 1949) Mexico
  - meadii mexicana (Chermock, 1949) (Minois); ; TL: Mexico, Chihuahua
  - Cercyonis meadi mexicana; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  - Cercyonis meadii mexicana; [NACL], #4588b; [NL4A], #1598b; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- C. m. alamosa T. & J. Emmel, 1969
  - Cercyonis meadi alamosa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  - Cercyonis meadii alamosa; [NACL], #4588c; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Cercyonis sthenele (Boisduval, 1852)

California. See [maps] Great Basin Wood Nymph

Satyrus sthenele Boisduval, 1852; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 (2): 308
behrii Grinnel, 1905

Cercyonis behrii; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Cercyonis sthenele behrii; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis sthenele hypoleuca; [P&N23]
Cercyonis sthenele sineocellata; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis sthenele sthenele; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis sthenele; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28; [NACL], #4589; [BOW]: pl. 18, f. 4; [NAB], 685; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]

700x546 (~57Kb) USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 8.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela

800x672 (~92Kb) USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

C. s. paulus (Edwards, 1879) California, Nevada
- Satyrus paulus Edwards, 1879; Can. Ent. 11 (3): 50
- Cercyonis paulus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28; [BOW]: pl. 18, f. 2; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
- Cercyonis sthenele paulus; [NACL], #4589a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
C. s. masoni Cross, 1937
- Cercyonis masoni; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
- Cercyonis sthenele masoni; [NACL], #4589b; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Cercyonis oetus (Boisduval, 1869)

-. See [maps] Dark Wood Nymph

Satyrus oetus Boisduval, 1869; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12: 63; TL: California

Cercyonis oetus alkalorum; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis oetus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28; [NACL], #4590; [NAB], 686; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1599; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]

identification uncertain 600x458 (~52Kb) underside USA: Robinson Canyon Rd, (47°01'01N 120°42'41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 26.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	500x518 (~29Kb) underside USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	700x649 (~48Kb) underside USA: FR9705, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
660x688 (~72Kb) underside USA: FR9708, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	600x800 (~65Kb) underside USA: FR 9712 nr. Liberty, Lion Gulch, (47°15'47N 120°40'15W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela	1400x1577 (~320Kb) underside USA: Pike National Forest, Sugar Creek on CR-67 (about 39°18'N 105°10'W), Douglas Co., CO, 29.7.2012, Photo © Markku Savela
800x744 (~85Kb) underside USA: Utah, Uintah Co., Ashley National Park, start of FR-020 (40°40'35"N 109°29'14"W), 1.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela	1100x1470 (~199Kb) underside USA: Utah, Uintah Co., Ashley National Park, start of FR-020 (40°40'35"N 109°29'14"W), 1.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela	1000x857 (~152Kb) underside USA: Idaho, Fremont Co., on Hwy 20, Sheep Falls Road (44°11'39"N 111°26'39"W), 3.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela
900x1209 (~124Kb) underside USA: Montana, Mineral Co., start of Camel Hump Rd (47°21'44"N 115°11'49"W), 6.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

C. o. oetus California
- Cercyonis oetus oetus; [NL4A], #1599a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
C. o. charon (Edwards, 1872) WNA
- Satyrus charon Edwards, 1872; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4: 69; TL: Colorado
- Cercyonis charon; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
- Cercyonis oetus charon; [NACL], #4590a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
- Cercyonis sylvestris charon; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
C. o. silvestris (Edwards, 1861) California
- Satyrus silvestris Edwards, 1861; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 162; TL: California
- Satyrus phocus Edwards, 1874; ; TL: Canada
  - = ; [NL4A], #1599b
- Satyrus ariane var. okius Oberthür, 1914; ; TL: California
  - = ; [NL4A], #1599b
- Cercyonis oetus phocus; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Cercyonis oetus silvestris; [NL4A], #1599b; [NACL], #4590b
- Cercyonis silvestris incognita; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Cercyonis silvestris silvestris; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Cercyonis silvestris; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Cercyonis sylvestris[sic, silvestris]; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 28
C. o. pallescens T. & J. Emmel, 1971
- Cercyonis oetus pallescens; [NACL], #4590c; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Unmatched external taxa

Cercyonis hypoleuca; [iNaturalist]
Cercyonis oetus alkalorum; [BOA]
Cercyonis oetus phocus; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala australosierra; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala carsonensis; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala gabbii; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala incana; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala paludum; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala paucilineatus; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala pegala; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala pluvialis; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala utahensis; [BOA]
Cercyonis pegala walkerensis; [BOA]
Cercyonis silvestris; [BOA]
Cercyonis silvestris incognita; [BOA]
Cercyonis silvestris silvestris; [BOA]
Cercyonis sthenele behrii; [BOA]
Cercyonis sthenele sineocellata; [BOA]
Cercyonis sthenele sthenele; [BOA]

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References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Opler] Opler & Warren, 2003
Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[Vitaly Charny]
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Behr, 1864
Notes on Californian Satyrides Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3 (2) : 163-166
Boisduval, 1852
Lépidoptères de la Californie Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 (2) : 275-324
Boisduval, 1869
Lépidoptères de la Californie Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12 : 5-28,37-94
Brown, 1969
Cercyonis pegala abbotti, New Subspecies (Lepid.: Satyridae) Ent. News 80 (7) : 193-196, f. 1-2
Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723
Edwards, 1861
Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 160-164 (1861), 14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)
Edwards, 1870
Descriptions of new North American diurnal Lepidoptera Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 189-196
Edwards, 1872
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4 : 61-70
Edwards, 1873
Descriptions of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4 : 343-348
Edwards, 1879
Descriptions of new species of butterflies collected by Mr. H. K. Morrison in Nevada, 1878; also, Remarks on some errors of synonymy and arrangement Can. Ent. 11 (3): 49-56, : 79-80
Edwards, 1880
On certain species of Satyrus Can. Ent. 12 (2): 21-32, (3): 51-55, (5): 90-94, (6): 109-115, : 147
Emmel & Mattoon, 1972
Cercyonis pegala blanca, a "missing type"in the evolution of the genus Cercyonis J. Lep. Soc. 26: 140-149
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Herbst, 1796
Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzun der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 8 : 1-304, pl. 181-230
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Kirby, 1837
Fauna Boreali-Americana or the Zoology of the northern parts of British America in Richardson, Fauna Boreal Amer.: 325pp, 8pls
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
Scudder, 1875
Synonymic list of the butterflies of North Amercia, north of Mexico. (1) Nymphales Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2 : 233-269
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -

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