Phyciodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Phyciodina
Genus: Phyciodes
Species: P. batesii – P. cocyta – P. graphica – P. mylitta – P. orseis – P. pallescens – P. pallida – P. phaon – P. picta – P. pulchella – P. tharos
Name

Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Papilio cocyta Pieter Cramer, [1777]
References

Gatrelle, R.R., 1998: Two new Nymphalidae from western North Carolina: new subspecies of Speyeria aphrodite and Phyciodes batesii. The Taxonomic Report 1 (3): 1–8.
Scott, J.A. 2014: Identification of Phyciodes diminutor, P. cocyta, and P. tharos in northeastern U.S. (Nymphalidae). Papilio (n. s.), (23) Reference page.

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:[2][3]

Phyciodes batesii (Reakirt, 1865) – tawny crescent
Phyciodes cocyta (Cramer, [1777]) – northern crescent
Phyciodes graphica (R. Felder, 1869) – Vesta crescent
Phyciodes mylitta (W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Mylitta crescent
Phyciodes orseis 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, [1773]) – pearl crescent

References
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Phyciodes, Encyclopedia of Life

"Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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