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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) » Vesta Crescent - Hodges#4479.1 (Phyciodes graphica)
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Pearl Crescents - Phyciodes graphica - male
Copyright © 2010 Jason Penney

Pearl Crescents - Phyciodes graphica - Male
Batesville, Uvalde County, Texas, USA
April 28, 2010
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Contributed by Jason Penney on 28 April, 2010 - 6:10pm
Last updated 24 February, 2012 - 1:15pm

Just noticed this fellow
The one with the wings open is a Vesta Crescent, and so I'm going to put it with that under represented species here. The other one is probably indeed a Pearl Crescent. One character that helps to tell the difference is in the lower outer corner of the front wings. On the Pearl Crescent there will be a dark spot in the center of the orange spot. In the Vesta Crescent there is rarely any trace of a dark center there (though there may be a bit of a black center in the lower middle orange spot). Also, the Vesta Crescent has a very "complete" pattern of dark lines, though some female Pearl Crescents have it just as "complete". Also, Pearls average a bit larger, but that is no so easy to judge in most photos.

Moved from Pearl Crescent.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 September, 2010 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jason Penney, 28 April, 2010 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Yes,
They both appear to be Pearl Crescents, Phyciodes tharos.
… psweet, 28 April, 2010 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… Jason Penney, 28 April, 2010 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

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