Great Basin Wood-Nymph, Specimen -  Cercyonis sthenele masoni

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FEMALE  EMERGENCE         ADULT  FEMALE         
LARVA     PUPA

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    Left - Male,   top - dorsal     bottom - ventral                                                                                                  Right - Female,   top - dorsal    
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Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

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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