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crescent-type butterfly - Phyciodes - female
Copyright © 2013 Andrée Reno Sanborn

crescent-type butterfly - Phyciodes - Female
Barton, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
June 24, 2013
This has parts like Northern / Pearl Crescent but the other parts are not. I found (and requested ID) one last week, and now there are more. I have looked and looked and can't figure this out. I keep ending up with some sort of crescentspot butterfly.
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Contributed by Andrée Reno Sanborn on 24 June, 2013 - 7:58pm
Last updated 20 September, 2013 - 9:53pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 20 September, 2013 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

I'm not sure,
but here are some thoughts. Coloring implies perhaps a female of Phyciodes batesii; however, that species should have black tips to the antennae. Could be P. cocyta, and the coloring is not out of line (though the median band usually isn't so pale, even on females). Probably too far north for P. tharos (???). Were it from further south, I probably would have called it P. phaon without looking closely, but I don't think it's that. Could indeed be a female that goes with some of those that seem to fit neither P. tharos nor P. cocyta.

These are sometimes very confusing. Usually not difficult when you can observe the whole population for a while, but some, especially females (this one is female), are almost impossible to identify from one photo alone.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 July, 2013 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2013 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Maybe you'll find this interesting
http://bugguide.net/node/view/462350
… Marty R., 25 June, 2013 - 12:11am login or register to post comments

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