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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 Butterfly - Phyciodes tharos
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Crescent Butterfly - Phyciodes tharos
Alberta, Canada
July 11, 2018
Found at 2:15 PM. Used the guide to try to identify it, and got stuck between Tawny, Pearl, and Northern crescent.
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Contributed by little_blue_millipede on 24 March, 2019 - 5:21pm
Last updated 15 January, 2022 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from Crescents.
… Cliff Ivy, 15 January, 2022 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tawny Crescent.
… Cliff Ivy, 15 January, 2022 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

Tawny Crescent
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 24 March, 2019 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Phyciodes cocyta t
Looks like Phyciodes cocyta to me.
… Mathew L. Brust, 12 January, 2020 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
male with all black antennal clubs
P. cocyta usually have orange tipped clubs.
… Cliff Ivy, 12 January, 2020 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Occasionally they can. This
Occasionally they can have black. This is definitely not P. batesii, that much is obvious. I think people like Steve Spomer and James Scott would agree with me that there is no reason that anyone should even think this would be P. batesii. In my experience the antennal club color is consistent only about 90-95% of the time. Thus, I find it to not be a consistently dependable trait for identification.
… Mathew L. Brust, 15 January, 2022 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Does not look like P. cocyta
Does not look like P. cocyta to me. Lacks merging orange bands on either wing and a male with all black clubs. Location not specific maybe Pearl Crescent since it occurs in southeast region of Alberta. Expert opinions welcome as well as direct input and contribution to BugGuide.
… Cliff Ivy, 15 January, 2022 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you all for trying to I
Thank you all for trying to ID this! Yes, it was found in Southern Alberta (near Edmonton).
… little_blue_millipede, 15 January, 2022 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps more likely P. tharos
Perhaps more likely P. tharos. It does seem a bit off for P. cocyta indeed.
… Mathew L. Brust, 15 January, 2022 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

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