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Northern Crescent Butterfly

Phyciodes cocyta

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Field Notes

Description:

Predominantly orange dorsal and ventral colouration. Checkered orange on black with white edges.

Habitat:

Fields and edge of woods.

Notes:

Full taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Phyciodes
Species: P. cocyta

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Northern Crescent - Phyciodes cocyta - Overview, Phyciodes cocyta, Entomology Collection > Phyciodes cocyta

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