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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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unknown small butterfly - Phyciodes tharos
Copyright © 2018 lrosen

unknown small butterfly - Phyciodes tharos
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 20, 2018
Size: small.. maybe 1.5 inches
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Contributed by lrosen on 20 July, 2018 - 6:33pm
Last updated 10 August, 2018 - 9:56am

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… Ken Allison, 10 August, 2018 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 28 July, 2018 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

pearl crescent
Thanks. looking at "Butterflies of Canada" and I think you are right about it being a pearl crescent
… lrosen, 21 July, 2018 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

Looks like one of the Crescen
Looks like one of the Crescents. (Phyciodes genus). Probably a Pearl Crescent or a Northern Crescent, but you'll need to wait for someone more expert to tell you for sure.
… Maggie Furtak, 20 July, 2018 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Pearl Crescent
The density of the dark markings is more like Phyciodes tharos.
… Ken Allison, 20 July, 2018 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

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