Phyciodes pallida

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Pale Crescent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Phyciodes
Species: P. pallida
Binomial name
Phyciodes pallida
(W.H. Edwards, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Melitaea pallida Edwards, 1864
  • Eresia mata Reakirt, 1866
  • Phyciodes pratensis Röber, 1913
  • Phyciodes pallidus

The Pale Crescent or Pallid Crescentspot (Phyciodes pallida) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the western North America.

The wingspan is 33–44 mm. The butterfly flies in June in Canada.[1]

The larvae feed on Cirsium species.[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

  • P. p. barnesi Skinner, 1897
  • P. p. pallida

Similar species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pale Crescent, Butterflies of Canada
  2. Phyciodes, funet.fi

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