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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) » Northern Crescent - Hodges#4481.1 (Phyciodes cocyta)
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pearl crescent? - Phyciodes cocyta - female
Copyright © 2010 freda holmes

pearl crescent? - Phyciodes cocyta - Female
Kenora, Ontario, Canada
June 26, 2010
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Contributed by freda holmes on 30 June, 2010 - 8:34pm
Last updated 1 July, 2010 - 2:50pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 1 July, 2010 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

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Yes, Pearl Crescent is one possibility, but you are in an area where they are confusing. This looks more like a female Northern Crescent to me, which I think is also in your area. Bates' Crescents look similar too, but I don't think it's that. Did you get a shot of the underside by any chance?

The females on top, of all three, can look similar, and there is a lot of individual variation to confuse things. The males are confusing too, but tend to look a little more distinctive.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 July, 2010 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
Pearl Crescent and Northern Crescent
Thanks for the input. The subject of the captive dorsal view and underwing shot was significantly smaller than the in-the-wild, on-the-daisy, butterfly of a few days earlier, same property. It IS confusing! I sure appreciate the id so I can properly label them in my file.
… freda holmes, 1 July, 2010 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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