Phyciodes batesii
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Phyciodes batesii (Reakirt, 1865)
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Phyciodes batesii, the tawny crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that occurs in North America.
Description
The upperside is dark brown with orange and the forewing has a pale postmedian band with submarginal bands. The female's black submarginal band has dots. Both sexes have black and white antenna knobs. The wingspan is from 25 to 38 mm.[2]
Life cycle
Adults fly once a year between May and July. There is sometimes a partial second brood in Michigan. During this time the females lay their eggs in groups on the host plants. The third-instar caterpillars hibernate.
Larval foods
- Aster undulatus
Adult foods
- Flower nectar
Similar species
- Phyciodes cocyta – northern crescent
- Phyciodes tharos – pearl crescent
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Phyciodes batesii Tawny Crescent". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Tawny Crescent, Butterflies of Canada
- "Species Phyciodes batesii - Tawny Crescent". Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- "Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Tawny Crescent Species Detail". Retrieved 2008-11-18.Error: "Q3003227" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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