Biology:Phyciodes batesii
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| Species: | P. batesii
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| Phyciodes batesii (Reakirt, 1865)
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Phyciodes batesii, the tawny crescent, is a butterfly of the family 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 antenna knobs. The wingspan is from 25 to 38 mm.[2]
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.[citation needed] The fourth-instar caterpillars hibernate.[1]
Larval foods
Adult foods
Similar species
- Phyciodes cocyta – northern crescent
- Phyciodes tharos – pearl crescent
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 NatureServe (1 December 2023). "Phyciodes batesii". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.114638/Phyciodes_batesii.
- ↑ Tawny Crescent, Butterflies of Canada
- "Species Phyciodes batesii - Tawny Crescent". http://bugguide.net/node/view/78260. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- "Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Tawny Crescent Species Detail". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1743. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
Wikidata ☰ Q3003227 entry
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