''Phyciodes pulchella'', the field crescent, is a
butterfly
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 family
Nymphalidae. It is found in the
Nearctic realm
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
.
The
wingspan
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is 24–36 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August in Canada.
[Field Crescent]
Butterflies of Canada
The larvae feed on
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
species.
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Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:["''Phyciodes'' Hübner, [1819]"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''P. p. camillus'' Edwards, 1871
*''P. p. deltarufa'' Scott, 1998
*''P. p. inornatus'' Austin, 1998
*''P. p. montana'' (Behr, 1863)
*''P. p. owimba'' Scott, 1998
*''P. p. pulchella''
*''P. p. tutchone'' Scott, 1994
*''P. p. shoshoni'' Scott, 1994
*''P. p. vallis'' Austin, 1998
Similar species
*''Phyciodes cocyta'' – northern crescent
*''Phyciodes batesii'' – tawny crescent
*''Phyciodes mylitta'' – Mylitta crescent
*''Phyciodes pallida'' – pale crescent
*''Phyciodes tharos'' – pearl crescent
References
External links
Field Crescent
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Species ''Phyciodes pulchella'' - Field Crescent
BugGuide
Melitaeini
Butterflies of North America
Butterflies described in 1852
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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