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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Crescents (Phyciodes) » Tawny Crescent - Hodges#4482 (Phyciodes batesii)
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Phyciodes Species - Phyciodes batesii
Copyright © 2008 Jay Greenberg

Phyciodes Species - Phyciodes batesii
Dansville, Livingston County, New York, USA
June 25, 2008
Is this a Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos or a Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)? I've looked at all the pearl crescents on bugguide.net, but none have so much white in the forewings. I know that Phaon Crescent should not be present in New York, but there is one report from Pennsylvania which is just to our south ( http://bugguide.net/node/view/38750/bgimage ). Sorry I wasn't able to get a better photo or a photo of the wing underside.
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Contributed by Jay Greenberg on 27 June, 2008 - 3:25pm
Last updated 26 October, 2014 - 5:43pm

Phyciodes batesii
This isn't the best image, but it shows the butterfly fairly well, and there are few of these on BugGuide. I'd guess that this is a male, but I'm not certain.

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… David J. Ferguson, 2 December, 2008 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Wow, I never would have guessed that! Thanks for the save, David! This subspecies looks very different from the one I have experience with in the Black Hills...it never occurred to me that it might be Tawny.
… Nick Block, 3 December, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

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… Nick Block, 24 November, 2008 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

Pearl or Northern
Looks like it's probably just a pale female Pearl or Northern Crescent. Other subtleties about the wing pattern are wrong for Phaon, including the size of the pale patch on the forewing leading edge. Additionally, the photo you cited depicts Pearl Crescents and had been placed in the wrong species.
… Nick Block, 24 November, 2008 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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