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Copyright © 2006 Nate and Erin Fuller

Pearl Crescent? - Phyciodes tharos -

Wau-Ke-Na Preserve near Glenn, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
June 13, 2006
Size: roughly 1"

I thought it was a Pearl Crescent but it seems to have more white in its wings than I would expect.

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Pearl Crescent? - Phyciodes tharos - female

Pearl Crescent? - Phyciodes tharos - female

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Contributed by Nate and Erin Fuller on 14 June, 2006 - 6:01pm
Last updated 26 November, 2008 - 4:45pm

Moved

Moved from Phyciodes.

… A.W. Thomas, 6 December, 2006 - 7:34pm

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I believe this is

tharos, based on hind wing pattern and locality. Northern Crescents have not been found this far south in Michigan according to the distribution maps in Douglas & Douglas (2005) "Butterflies of the Great Lakes Region"

… A.W. Thomas, 6 December, 2006 - 7:34pm

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Moved

Moved from Butterflies.

… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2006 - 7:24pm

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Very unusual

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) does have a form called marcia. I know it is Indiana, but never heard of it flying in Michigan. This individual has even more white on hindwing border than form marcia does! Very unusual. Sometimes the overall yellow rather than orange ground color is present in the first spring brood. Is the date you posted the same as when the picture was taken?

… Jackie, 15 June, 2006 - 12:52pm

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I took the photo last Tuesday,

June 13. It was at a nature preserve I manage near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 60 miles north of the Indiana State line.

-Nate

… Nate and Erin Fuller, 15 June, 2006 - 6:01pm

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Moved

to genus level for now.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 July, 2006 - 8:03am

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