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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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A Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - male
Copyright © 2012 Michael Nerrie

A Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - Male
Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
July 28, 2012
Size: 1-1.5 inches long
On a Coreopsis flower at midday.
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Contributed by Michael Nerrie on 1 August, 2012 - 5:45am
Last updated 22 August, 2012 - 6:06am

This is a male Pearl Crescent
One clue is the dark antennae tips (usually works for males, but not females).

Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 22 August, 2012 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks David
Thanks for correcting the Crescent butterfly ID.
… Michael Nerrie, 22 August, 2012 - 6:08am login or register to post comments

 
I have to admit,
this one would be a poor example to use for telling the species apart! The black lines are reduced in the central area of the wing, and that seems to be more common in your part of the world. It would be interesting to see the results, should somebody do an in depth study of these Crescents in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 August, 2012 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 20 August, 2012 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

I believe this is a Northern
I believe this is a Northern Crescent, Phyciodes cocyta, which has more open orange areas than the Pearl Crescent.
… Joan B, 9 August, 2012 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Crescent ID
I believe you are correct Joan. I am finding that fritillaries are a bit difficult to ID. Thanks for the comment.
… Michael Nerrie, 11 August, 2012 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

yes on both counts
.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 August, 2012 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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