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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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Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)? - Phyciodes tharos
Copyright © 2013 Heath Hallum

Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)? - Phyciodes tharos
Stonebluff, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA
July 15, 2013
Here is one of the same butterflies from the pair in the first pic if this helps with an ID

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Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)? - Phyciodes tharos Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)? - Phyciodes tharos
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Contributed by Heath Hallum on 18 July, 2013 - 10:11pm
Last updated 26 June, 2014 - 5:35pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 19 July, 2013 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much!
Can I ask what the clue is to differentiate it from Chlosyne nycteis?
… Heath Hallum, 20 July, 2013 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
Chlosyne nycteis vs Phyciodes tharos


Note the median white spot/band on the underside of the HW in C. nycteis.
This feature is not present in P. tharos.

Note the Identification section.
… William Edwards, 20 July, 2013 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

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