Phyciodes batesii

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Phyciodes batesii, the tawny crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that occurs in North America.

Phyciodes batesii
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Phyciodes
Species:
P. batesii
Binomial name
Phyciodes batesii
(Reakirt, 1865)
Subspecies
  • P. b. batesii
  • P. b. lakota (Scott, 1994)
  • P. b. anasazi (Scott, 1994)
  • P. b. apsaalooke (Scott, 1994)
  • P. b. maconensis (Gatrelle, 1998)

Description

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The upperside is dark brown with orange and the forewing has a pale postmedian band with submarginal bands. The female's black submarginal band has dots. Both sexes have black and white antenna knobs. The wingspan is from 25 to 38 mm.[2]

Life cycle

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Adults fly once a year between May and July. There is sometimes a partial second brood in Michigan. During this time the females lay their eggs in groups on the host plants.[citation needed] The fourth-instar caterpillars hibernate.[1]

Larval foods

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Adult foods

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Similar species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d NatureServe (1 December 2023). "Phyciodes batesii". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ^ Tawny Crescent, Butterflies of Canada