Phyciodes pulchella

Phyciodes pulchella, the field crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Nearctic realm.

Field crescent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Phyciodes
Species:	P. pulchella
Binomial name
Phyciodes pulchella (Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
Melitaea pratensis Behr, 1863 Melitaea campestris Behr, 1863 Phyciodes campestris Gunder, 1928 Eresia campestris Reakirt, 1866 Phyciodes pratensis Röber, 1913

The wingspan is 24–36 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August in Canada.^[1]

The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

• P. p. camillus Edwards, 1871
• P. p. deltarufa Scott, 1998
• P. p. inornatus Austin, 1998
• P. p. montana (Behr, 1863)
• P. p. owimba Scott, 1998
• P. p. pulchella
• P. p. tutchone Scott, 1994
• P. p. shoshoni Scott, 1994
• P. p. vallis Austin, 1998

Similar species

• Phyciodes cocyta – northern crescent
• Phyciodes batesii – tawny crescent
• Phyciodes mylitta – Mylitta crescent
• Phyciodes pallida – pale crescent
• Phyciodes tharos – pearl crescent