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Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos The pattern for this species is very variable. Upperside is orange with black borders; the postmedian and submarginal areas are crossed by fine black marks.  This one was a bit tattered!<br />
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Habitat: Resting in vegetation on the edge of a pond.<br />
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Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos

The pattern for this species is very variable. Upperside is orange with black borders; the postmedian and submarginal areas are crossed by fine black marks. This one was a bit tattered!

Habitat: Resting in vegetation on the edge of a pond.

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The Pearl Crescent is a butterfly of North America. It is found in all parts of the United States except the west coast, and throughout Mexico and parts of southern Canada, in particular Ontario. Its habitat is open areas such as pastures, road edges, vacant lots, fields, open pine woods.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Aug 30, 2018. Captured Jul 17, 2018 10:35 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm