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Phyciodes

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Subfamily
  
Scientific name
  
Phyciodes

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Family
  
Tribe
  
Higher classification
  
Melitaeini

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Lower classifications
  
Pearl crescent, Tawny crescent

Vesta crescent phyciodes


Phyciodes, commonly called the "crescents" or "crescent spots" (like some related genera) is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae.

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Species


  • Phyciodes batesii (Reakirt, 1865) – Tawny Crescent
  • Phyciodes cocyta (Cramer, [1777]) – Northern Crescent
  • Phyciodes graphica (R. Felder, 1869) – Vesta Crescent
  • Phyciodes mylitta (W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Mylitta Crescent
  • Phyciodes orseis W. H. Edwards, 1871 – Orseis Crescent
  • Phyciodes pallescens (R. Felder, 1869) – Mexican Crescent
  • Phyciodes pallida or Phyciodes pallidus (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – Pale Crescent or Pallid Crescentspot
  • Phyciodes picta (W. H. Edwards, 1865) – Painted Crescent
  • Phyciodes phaon (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – Phaon Crescent
  • Phyciodes pulchella (Boisduval, 1852) – Field Crescent
  • Phyciodes texana (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Texan Crescent
  • Phyciodes tharos (Drury, [1773]) – Pearl Crescent


  • Phyciodes Texan Crescent Anthanassa texana

    Phyciodes Crescent Phyciodes tharos

    References

    Phyciodes Wikipedia


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