Phyciodes batesii

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);

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.^[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

Aster undulatus

Adult foods

Flower nectar

Similar species

Phyciodes cocyta – northern crescent
Phyciodes tharos – pearl crescent

References

^ 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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[1] Tawny Crescent, Butterflies of Canada

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