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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) » Pearl Crescent - Hodges#4481 (Phyciodes tharos)
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Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - male
Copyright © 2006 carlj

Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - Male
Ohio, USA
Which Crescent do you think this one is. I would appreciate your opinions.
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Contributed by carlj on 31 May, 2006 - 8:52pm
Last updated 26 November, 2008 - 4:51pm

Moved
Moved from Phyciodes.
… A.W. Thomas, 7 December, 2006 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

A nice photo
but if the photographer is not prepared to give a location and date I think it does not deserve an ID and should be frassed.
… A.W. Thomas, 6 December, 2006 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
NE Ohio
The photographer tells me this photo was taken around mid May in northeast Ohio. According to my resources, Northern Crescents are pretty scarce there, but this sure looks more like a Northern than a Pearl.
… Jay Cossey, 6 December, 2006 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Pearl Crescent
To me the HW does look like a Northern, but the early date and small white crescents near the border of the FW indicate Pearl. Northerns fly from early June to August in the Great Lakes Region, Pearls from mid-April onwards.
… A.W. Thomas, 7 December, 2006 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2006 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Location?
Might be helpful as a starting point.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 June, 2006 - 7:07am login or register to post comments

 
Where's the challenge in that? ;-)
Sure looks like a Northern Crescent to me, but that whole complex is only slightly less baffling than the Azures.

Jay Cossey
PhotographsFromNature.com
… Jay Cossey, 1 June, 2006 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

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