Phyciodes batesii

Tawny Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
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)

The Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii) is a species of Nymphalidae that occurs in North America.

Description

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 antennal knobs. The wingspan is from 25 to 38 mm.[1]

Life cycle

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. The third-instar caterpillars hibernate.

Larval foods

Adult foods

Similar species

References

  1. Tawny Crescent, Butterflies of Canada


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