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title: "Common Wood-Nymph"
description: "Cercyonis pegala — Insects & spiders. The common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) is a North American species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-wood-nymph
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Wood-Nymph

> Cercyonis pegala — Insects & spiders. The common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) is a North American species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Cercyonis pegala*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 35688
- Wikidata: [Q2674031](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2674031)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58606](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58606)

## Names

- en: Common Wood-Nymph
- es: Mariposa Ninfa común de Bosque
- fr: Satyre des prés

## Countries with the most observations

US (21746), CA (11142), MX (20)

## Summary

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, blue-eyed grayling, and the goggle eye.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wood-nymph

## Photo

![Common Wood-Nymph](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-wood-nymph/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56699836

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-wood-nymph?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).