Megisto cymela, the little wood satyr, is a butterfly species of the Satyrinae family that occurs in North America.

[citation needed] The wood satyr is part of the typically Neotropical subtribe Euptychiina.

This butterfly prefers habitat that is open, contains deciduous trees along with marshy areas and possessing brushy cover.

[2] They are seen in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, from Nova Scotia south into Florida, west to Texas, Saskatchewan and Wyoming.

Females lay eggs singly on grass, the fourth-instar caterpillars hibernate.