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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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orange butterfly/moth - Phyciodes tharos
Copyright © 2016 Eric M

orange butterfly/moth - Phyciodes tharos
Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
May 26, 2016
Size: wingspan 3 cm
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Contributed by Eric M on 26 May, 2016 - 4:02pm
Last updated 27 May, 2016 - 12:46am

Pearl Crescent male
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 27 May, 2016 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

 
move from ID
Hi and thanks, Cliff. Does this mean we're sure it's P. tharos?
… Eric M, 27 May, 2016 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Definitely Pearl.
… Cliff Ivy, 27 May, 2016 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

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I don't usually comment on butterflies, but this looks like a Pearl Crescent to me. I recently saw one and then saw an ID on the Lady Bird Johnson web site.
… A. Hendrickson, 26 May, 2016 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Pearl Crescent
According Wikipedia, that looks right, though there are other Phyciodes that are quite similar. Thanks!
… Eric M, 26 May, 2016 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

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