Phyciodes

Phyciodes
Northern Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
Genus:	Phyciodes Hübner, [1819][1]
Phyciodes species
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Synonyms
Phiciodes

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

Species^[2][3]

• 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

References

1. ^ ITIS.gov
2. ^ Phyciodes, Encyclopedia of Life
3. ^ Phyciodes, funet.fi

• Phyciodes, BugGuide