Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

Common Wood-Nymph ( Cercyonis pegala )

North Grenville, ON 2012/07/19

Common Wood-Nymph ( Cercyonis pegala )

Kanata, ON 2009/07/20

Common Wood-Nymph ( Cercyonis pegala )

Kemptville, ON 2015/07/15

Common Wood-Nymph ( Cercyonis pegala )

Oxford Mills, ON 2012/08/16

Member of Family: Nymphalidae

French common name: Satyre des prés

This species can vary in the darkness of its brown colouration and in the number of eye spots on the hind wing underside.

To see where this butterfly has been reported, visit: The Ontario Butterfly Atlas Online

For more info on this species, visit the Butterflies of Canada ( en français )