''Phyciodes'', the crescents or crescent spots (like some related genera) is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

of the subfamily

Nymphalinae The Nymphalinae are a subfamily of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). Sometimes, the subfamilies Limenitidinae, and Biblidinae are included here as subordinate tribe(s), while the tribe Melitaeini is occasionally regarded as a distinc ...

in the 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 have a re ...

Species

In alphabetical order:"''Phyciodes'' Hübner,
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Phyciodes batesii">819]"">"''Phyciodes'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''Phyciodes batesii'' (Tryon Reakirt">Reakirt, 1865) – tawny crescent * ''Phyciodes cocyta'' (Pieter Cramer, Cramer, [1777]) – northern crescent * ''Phyciodes graphica'' (Rudolf Felder, R. Felder, 1869) – Vesta crescent * ''Phyciodes mylitta'' ( W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Mylitta crescent * ''

Phyciodes orseis ''Phyciodes orseis'', the Orseis crescentspot or California crescent, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America, particularly northern California and Oregon. Formerly, The range was thought to ext ...

'' W. H. Edwards, 1871 – Orseis crescent * ''

Phyciodes pallescens ''Phyciodes'', the crescents or crescent spots (like some related genera) is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. Species In alphabetical order:Reakirt, 1865) – tawny crescent * ''Phyciodes cocyta'' (P ...

'' (R. Felder, 1869) – Mexican crescent * ''

Phyciodes pallida ''Phyciodes pallida'', the pale crescent or pallid crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance f ...

'' or ''Phyciodes pallidus'' (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – pale crescent or pallid crescentspot * ''

Phyciodes picta ''Phyciodes picta'', the painted crescent, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which a ...

'' (W. H. Edwards, 1865) – painted crescent * ''

Phyciodes phaon ''Phyciodes phaon'', the Phaon crescent or mat plant crescent, is a species of butterfly found in Florida, neighboring states, west to New Mexico and south to Cuba (since the 1930s) and the Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-go ...

'' (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – Phaon crescent * ''

Phyciodes pulchella ''Phyciodes pulchella'', the field crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Nearctic realm. The wingspan is 24–36 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August in Canada.Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

, 1852) – field crescent * ''

Phyciodes texana ''Anthanassa texana'', the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Guatemala north through Mexico to southern California, east across the southern United States to northern Florida, Georgia and ...

'' (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent * '' Phyciodes tharos'' ( Drury, 773 – pearl crescent

References

''Phyciodes''
BugGuide {{Taxonbar, from=Q598327 Melitaeini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner