Phyciodes batesii
Appearance
Phyciodes batesii | |
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Phyciodes |
Species: | P. batesii
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Binomial name | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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.[citation needed] The fourth-instar caterpillars hibernate.[1]
Larval foods
[edit]Adult foods
[edit]Similar species
[edit]- Phyciodes cocyta – northern crescent
- Phyciodes tharos – pearl crescent
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d NatureServe (1 December 2023). "Phyciodes batesii". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ 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.