''Cercyonis'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

in the family Nymphalidae found in North America. They are commonly called wood-nymphs or wood nymphs.

Species

Listed alphabetically:"''Cercyonis'' Scudder, 1875"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''

Cercyonis pegala The common wood-nymph (''Cercyonis pegala'') is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is also known as the wood-nymph, grayling, blue-eyed grayling, and the goggle eye. Description The common wood-nymph can vary greatly. A ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – common wood-nymph or large wood-nymph *''

Cercyonis meadii ''Cercyonis meadii'', or Mead's wood nymph, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1872 and it is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Cercyonis me ...

'' (Edwards, 1872) – red-eyed wood-nymph or Mead's wood-nymph *'' Cercyonis sthenele'' (Boisduval, 1852) – Great Basin wood-nymph *''

Cercyonis oetus ''Cercyonis oetus'', the small wood-nymph or dark wood-nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America. Satyrini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder {{Satyrini-stub