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title: "Little Wood Satyr"
description: "Megisto cymela — Insetti e ragni. Megisto cymela, the Little Wood Satyr, is a butterfly species of the Satyrinae subfamily that occurs in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/little-wood-satyr
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Wood Satyr

> Megisto cymela — Insetti e ragni. Megisto cymela, the Little Wood Satyr, is a butterfly species of the Satyrinae subfamily that occurs in North America.

- Scientific name: *Megisto cymela*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 32559
- Wikidata: [Q3377281](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3377281)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58603](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58603)

## Names

- en: Little Wood Satyr
- fr: Petit satyre des bois

## Countries with the most observations

US (22825), CA (8493)

## Summary

Megisto cymela, the Little Wood Satyr, is a butterfly species of the Satyrinae subfamily that occurs in North America.

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

## Photo

![Little Wood Satyr](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-wood-satyr/medium.jpg)

Photo: Glenn Berry · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83983731

## Machine access

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