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''Phyciodes picta'', the painted crescent, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the 
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
family Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Phyciodes picta'' is 4484.
Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Phyciodes picta'': * ''Phyciodes picta canace'' W. H. Edwards, 1871 * ''Phyciodes picta pallescens'' Felder, 1869 * ''Phyciodes picta picta'' (W. H. Edwards, 1865)References
Further reading
*External links
* Melitaeini Articles created by Qbugbot Butterflies of North America Lepidoptera of the United States Taxa named by William Henry Edwards Butterflies described in 1865 {{nymphalinae-stub