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

butterflies 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 ...

of the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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

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 ha ...

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 exte ...

'' W. H. Edwards, 1871 – Orseis crescent * '' Phyciodes pallescens'' (R. Felder, 1869) – Mexican crescent * '' Phyciodes pallida'' or ''Phyciodes pallidus'' (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – pale crescent or pallid crescentspot * '' Phyciodes picta'' (W. H. Edwards, 1865) – painted crescent * '' Phyciodes phaon'' (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – Phaon crescent * '' Phyciodes pulchella'' ( Boisduval, 1852) – field crescent * '' Phyciodes texana'' (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Texan crescent * '' Phyciodes tharos'' (

Drury Drury may refer to: Places * Drury, New Zealand, a town * Drury, a village near Buckley, Flintshire, Wales * Drury, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community * Drury, a village in Florida, Massachusetts, United States * Drury, Missouri, ...

, 773 – pearl crescent

References

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