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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Crescents (Phyciodes)
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Butterfly - Phyciodes
Copyright © 2009 Peter Cristofono

Butterfly - Phyciodes
Union, Knox County, Maine, USA
June 17, 2009
Pearl or Northern Crescent?
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 17 June, 2009 - 10:07pm
Last updated 27 June, 2009 - 6:46pm

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Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… Peter Cristofono, 27 June, 2009 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

hard to tell Northern Crescent from Pearl
just from a photo sometimes, especially the underside, but this looks like a Northern (Phyciodes cocyta) I think, and I suspect that is far the more likely in your location too. I could be mistaken, but think I'm probably correct.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 June, 2009 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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