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Species Anthanassa tulcis - Pale-banded Crescent - Hodges#4478.1

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Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis Courting Pale-banded Crescents - Anthanassa tulcis - male - female Courting Pale-banded Crescents - Anthanassa tulcis - male - female Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis - male Crescent ID - Anthanassa tulcis Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis Mystery Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)
Tribe Melitaeini
Genus Anthanassa (Crescents)
Species tulcis (Pale-banded Crescent - Hodges#4478.1)

Hodges Number

4478.1

Other Common Names

Tulcis Crescent

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anthanassa tulcis (H. Bates)
Orig. Comb: Melitaea Tulcis H. Bates, 1864
Syn: Phyciodes tulcis (H. Bates) (NABA name)

Numbers

Six species in this genus north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 3.2-3.5 cm. (1)

Range

SE AZ (as stray), S TX to Panama - Map (MPG, BOA)

Season

Nearly year round in southern Texas. (2)

Food

The larvae feed on Dicliptera Juss. (foldwing) in the acanthus family.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (1)

Works Cited

1.Butterflies of North America
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by tom murray on 10 August, 2005 - 8:24pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 9:36am

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