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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) » Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

Species Phyciodes tharos - Pearl Crescent

Classification · Size · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos Phyciodes tharos - male Pearl Crescent (dorsal) - Phyciodes tharos - female Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos Phyciodes tharos Pearl Crescents Mating - Phyciodes tharos - male - female Black and Orange Butterfly - Phyciodes tharos
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)
Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)
Genus Phyciodes (Crescents)
Species tharos (Pearl Crescent)
Size
Wingspan: 3.5 cm.
Habitat
Gardens, fields, roadsides and woodland edges. More restricted to streamsides in the west.
Season
summer in northern parts of range, much of year in South
Food
Larval foodplant: Asters. Adults take nectar.
Life Cycle
Flies most of the year in the south (1-3 or more broods)
Remarks
Very common in the East.
See Also
Silvery Checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis
Mimic Crescent, Phyciodes incognitus (recently described species from Southern Appalachians)
Northern Crescent, Phyciodes cocyta
Phaon Crescent, Phyciodes phaon, underside - see comments on this one for distinguishing marks:
    
Print References
Brock and Kaufman, pp. 176-177 (1)
Glassberg, p. 113, plate 32 (2)
Works Cited
1.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
By Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman
2.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East
By Jeffrey Glassberg
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 23 July, 2009 - 12:29pm

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