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Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Phyciodes tharos

Photo by Wixenstyx
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Highly variable butterfly, wingspan roughly 3cm at rest. Flies quickly and low and rarely feeds or rests for long anywhere.

Habitat:

Woodlands, waste areas.

Reference Links:

Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - Overview, Pearl crescent

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Photographed
PublishedMarch 31, 2016

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