''Phyciodes'', the crescents or crescent spots (like some related genera) is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the

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Nymphalinae The Nymphalinae are a subfamily of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). Sometimes, the subfamilies Limenitidinae, and Biblidinae are included here as subordinate tribe(s), while the tribe Melitaeini is occasionally regarded as a distinc ...

in the family

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Species

In alphabetical order:"''Phyciodes'' Hübner,
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Phyciodes batesii">819]"">"''Phyciodes'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Phyciodes batesii'' (Tryon Reakirt">Reakirt, 1865) – tawny crescent * ''Phyciodes cocyta'' (Pieter Cramer, Cramer, [1777]) – northern crescent * ''Phyciodes graphica'' (Rudolf Felder, R. Felder, 1869) – Vesta crescent * ''Phyciodes mylitta'' ( W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Mylitta crescent * ''

Phyciodes orseis ''Phyciodes orseis'', the Orseis crescentspot or California crescent, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America, particularly northern California and Oregon. Formerly, The range was thought to exte ...

'' 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 Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

, 1852) – field crescent * '' Phyciodes texana'' (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent * ''

Phyciodes tharos ''Phyciodes'', the crescents or crescent spots (like some related genera) is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. Species In alphabetical order:"''Phyciodes''_Hübner,_

'' ( Drury, [1773">Dru Drury">Drury, [1773 – pearl crescent

References

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