Great Basin Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis sthenele masoni
Specimen
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    Left - Male,   top - dorsal     bottom - ventral                                                                                                  Right - Female,   top - dorsal    
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Photo Details - ©Todd Stout

 Description
1 3/8 to 1 11/16"

They have two eyespots and the upper eyespot is larger in the male but about the same size in the female. Eyespots are of equal distance from the outer edge of wing. Dark basal half of hindwing underside is separated from lighter outer half by an irregular dark line.

Univoltine and the larvae hibernate immediately after emerging.

Habitat
Juniper or pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush
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