Phyciodes Explained

Phyciodes, the crescents or crescent spots (like some related genera) is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

In alphabetical order:^{[1] [2]}

• 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

• Phyciodes, BugGuide

Notes and References

1. http://www.eol.org/pages/19266 Phyciodes
2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/phyciodes/ "Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms