Species Phyciodes tharos - Pearl Crescent

Classification · Size · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Pearl Crescent For Illinois In October - Phyciodes tharos

Pearl Crescent Variation - Phyciodes tharos - male - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)

Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)

Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)

Genus Phyciodes

Species tharos (Pearl Crescent)

Size

Wingspan: 3.5 cm.

Habitat

Gardens, fields, roadsides and woodland edges. More restricted to streamsides in the west.

Food

Larval foodplant: Asters.

Life Cycle

Flies most of the year in the south (1-3 or more broods)

Remarks

Very common in the East.

See Also

Mimic Crescent, Phyciodes incognitus (recently described species from Southern Appalachians)

Northern Crescent, Phyciodes cocyta

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) By Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 20 September, 2006 - 12:15pm

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