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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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butterfly - Phyciodes cocyta
Copyright © 2015 sh11

butterfly - Phyciodes cocyta
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
June 11, 2015
Which Phyciodes sp.? Thanks in advance!
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Contributed by sh11 on 18 June, 2015 - 9:45am
Last updated 18 June, 2015 - 9:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 18 June, 2015 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

Northern Crescent
note orange antennal clubs and lack of definitive separation of marks / spots
… Cliff Ivy, 18 June, 2015 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks
for your wonderful help and for drawing my attention to that diagnostic feature Cliff!
… sh11, 18 June, 2015 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Pearl Crescent
Possibly a pearl crescent?
… kdclower, 18 June, 2015 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the feedback carebearnmbr46!
… sh11, 18 June, 2015 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem!
I have always loved insects. Caught butterflies all the time as a child. I knew some of the most familiar butterflies in my area, but it was upon catching a pearl crescent that I took my first look into an identification guide (my late grandmother's, which she offered to me. Still have it.). Seeing the incredible array of colors, shapes, and sizes really deepened my love for these creatures. So the pearl crescent holds a special place in my memory.
… kdclower, 19 June, 2015 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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