Phyciodes batesii

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

Tawny crescent
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
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

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.[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
  • "Species Phyciodes batesii - Tawny Crescent". Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  • "Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • "Tawny Crescent Species Detail". Retrieved 2008-11-18.


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