Phyciodes batesii

Phyciodes batesii, the tawny crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that occurs in North America.

Phyciodes batesii
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Phyciodes
Species:	P. batesii
Binomial name
Phyciodes batesii (Reakirt, 1865)
Subspecies
P. b. batesii P. b. lakota (Scott, 1994) P. b. anasazi (Scott, 1994) P. b. apsaalooke (Scott, 1994) P. b. maconensis (Gatrelle, 1998)

Description

The upperside is dark brown with orange and the forewing has a pale postmedian band with submarginal bands. The female's black submarginal band has dots. Both sexes have black and white antenna knobs. The wingspan is from 25 to 38 mm.^[2]

Life cycle

Adults fly once a year between May and July. There is sometimes a partial second brood in Michigan. During this time the females lay their eggs in groups on the host plants.^{[citation needed]} The fourth-instar caterpillars hibernate.^[1]

Larval foods

• Symphyotrichum undulatum^[1]

Adult foods

• Flower nectar^[1]

Similar species

• Phyciodes cocyta – northern crescent
• Phyciodes tharos – pearl crescent