Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1019634

Great Basin Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis sthenele

Observation date: June 15, 2012
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: under oaks and scrub brush, chamise chaparral hot dry day lots of nectar.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: December 16, 2014
Coordinator notes: This is subspecies behrii, not silvestris. Corrected in Systematics of Western North America book in 1998-Ken Davenport. Your photo clearly represents the characters that distinguish that subspecies.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Riverside County