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Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - male
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - Male
Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
October 1, 2004
I wanted to upload this specimen because I had shots of both the forewings and hindwings.

ID based on Butterflies of Georgia (1) and others.

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Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - male Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - male
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 7 March, 2005 - 9:10pm
Last updated 26 November, 2008 - 4:35pm

male
I think this is the male....based on images in the Butterflies through Binoculars.
… Lynette Schimming, 7 June, 2005 - 3:01pm

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