Pearl Crescent butterfly Phyciodes tharos. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2024 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.

Complete Guide To The Pearl Crescent Butterfly

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Pearl Crescent Butterfly

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How To Identify Pearl Crescent Butterflies

  • Pearl Crescent butterflies are small North Carolina butterflies with brown bodies and wingspans up to 1.6 inches (4 cm).
  • The appearance of Pearl Crescent butterflies varies throughout the summer.
    • Spring and fall individuals are darker than summer individuals (Daniels 2003).
  • Above:
    • Orange with black bands and markings.
    • Black wing borders.
  • Below:
    • Pale orange with black markings.
    • Pale crescent shape inside the border of the hind wing’s trailing edge.
  • Pearl Crescent butterflies live throughout North Carolina and are abundant in most areas.
    • Look for Pearl Crescent Butterflies in open, sunny areas like along roadsides, utility easements, in old fields, and in home gardens.

Pearl Crescent Butterfly Classification

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae (Brush-foot Butterflies)

Genus

Phyciodes

Species

P. tharos

Binomial Name

Phyciodes tharos

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