Cercyonis meadii, or Mead's wood nymph, is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] It was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1872 and it is found in North America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cercyonis |
| Species: | C. meadii
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| Cercyonis meadii (W. H. Edwards, 1872)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Cercyonis meadii is 4588.[3]
Subspecies
editFour subspecies belong to Cercyonis meadii:
- Cercyonis meadii alamosa T. Emmel & J. Emmel, 1969 i b (Mead's wood-nymph)
- Cercyonis meadii damei Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 i
- Cercyonis meadii meadii (W. H. Edwards, 1872) i g
- Cercyonis meadii melania (Wind, 1946) i
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Cercyonis meadii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Cercyonis meadii Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cercyonis meadii". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
Further reading
edit- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
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Media related to Cercyonis meadii at Wikimedia Commons
