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The common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) is a North American species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is also known as the wood-nymph , grayling , [ 2 ] blue-eyed grayling , [ 3 ] and the goggle eye .
"Butterflies of North America" (1868-1872) by W. H. Edwards from the American Entymological Society; second series (1884), third series (1897) Holland, W. J. (1915). The butterfly guide : A pocket manual for the ready identification of the commoner species found in the United States and Canada, United States: Doubleday, Page & Company
(state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 2014 [38] New Mexico: Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect) Pepsis grossa: 1989 [39] Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly) Callophrys mcfarlandi: 2003 [40] New York: 9-spotted ladybug: Coccinella novemnotata: 1989 [41] North Carolina: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1973 [42] Eastern tiger ...
The butterfly has been classified in the United States as a federal endangered species (Federal Register 41:22044; June 1, 1976).. Lange's metalmark butterfly was historically restricted to sand dunes along the southern bank of the Sacramento River, and is currently found only at Antioch Sand Dunes (a misnomer, as the sand was long ago removed and the landscape is now hilly scrub) in Contra ...
Gossamer-wings are the smallest butterflies. Their wingspans range from 0.5-2.0 inches (1.2-5.1 cm). There are about 7,000 species worldwide with about 139 species in North America. Gossamer-wings include the subfamilies hairstreaks, harvesters, coppers, and blues. Their flights vary from the fast, erratic hairstreaks to the slow, bouncy blues.
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Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them.
By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -California's public health department reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild respiratory symptoms on Tuesday, but said there was ...