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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) » Northern Crescent - Hodges#4481.1 (Phyciodes cocyta)
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Unknown (Crescent Spot??) Butterfly - Phyciodes cocyta - female
Copyright © 2011 Dick Jones

Unknown (Crescent Spot??) Butterfly - Phyciodes cocyta - Female
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
July 11, 2011
Size: 1"± Wing Span
Flitted around very nervously ... landed on leaves and small flowers. Wing undersides are quite light with thin & erratic bronze lines. It looks much like a Crescent Spot but my reference book doesn't have a good match.
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Contributed by Dick Jones on 12 July, 2011 - 3:48pm
Last updated 13 September, 2012 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from Crescents.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 September, 2012 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Schneider, 1 August, 2011 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

You are correct - this is a Crescent
They are somewhat varied in pattern. This is a female, and is looks like probably a "Northern Crescent" - Phyciodes cocyta, or perhaps it is a "Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos. They are often difficult to tell apart, especially the females.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 July, 2011 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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