Phyciodes pulchella

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Field Crescent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Phyciodes
Species: P. pulchella
Binomial name
Phyciodes pulchella
(Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Melitaea pratensis Behr, 1863
  • Melitaea campestris Behr, 1863
  • Phyciodes campestris Gunder, 1928
  • Eresia campestris Reakirt, 1866
  • Phyciodes pratensis Röber, 1913

The Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchella) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Nearctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 24–36 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August in Canada.[1]

The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

  • 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

References

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

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