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A Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)? - Phyciodes
Copyright © 2013 Chris Harper

A Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)? - Phyciodes
South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2013
This could be Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent); or possibly P.cocyta (Northern Crescent). Not sure if male/female can be determined from these images.

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Contributed by Chris Harper on 13 July, 2013 - 11:58am
Last updated 21 April, 2017 - 1:05am

a male
Looks like a Pearl Crescent to me, but has orange antenna tips, which in that region makes it not quite fit either. There is likely a third look-alike species in the Northeast US and adjacent Canada. I don't know them well enough in that region to be sure.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2013 - 12:18am login or register to post comments

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