I’ve seen many of these Common Wood Nymph butterflies along the sides of the trails here on Cape Cod. I usually see them in the shade. This is the only Wood Nymph species found east of the Mississippi.
Common Wood Nymph are overall tan to dark brown with 2 orange eyespots on their forewings. They frequently have numerous eyespots on the hindwings. This particular one has tiny white eyespots on its hindwings.
Have you ever seen a Common Wood Nymph butterfly?
It’s so interesting that there are wood nymph and wood satyr butterflies on the Cape. Very mythological! 🙂
Are they the female and male of the same species?