Megisto

Megisto
	Little wood satyr, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Subtribe:	Euptychiina
Genus:	Megisto ; Hübner, [1819]
Species
	See text

Last updated December 27, 2025

Megisto is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Megisto cymela (Cramer, [1777]) – little wood satyr
- Megisto cymela viola(Maynard, 1891) – Viola's wood satyr^[2]
Megisto rubricata (Edwards, 1871) – red satyr [US (New Mexico, Oklahoma), Mexico, Guatemala]

References

↑ "Megisto Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Megisto, BugGuide

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[1] "Megisto Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Megisto, BugGuide

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