Phyciodes
| Phyciodes | |
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| 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 | |
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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
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- Phyciodes, BugGuide
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