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Tawny crescent
Phyciodes batesii


Tawny crescent

Type of Insect: butterfly
Size: small
Overall Color: orange and black and yellowish
Larval Foods: asters and other composites
Adult Foods:
Larval Type: caterpillar
status: common
Description: black and orange above, yellowish beneath, marginal in this area


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class: Hexapoda (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies,moths)
Family: 04 Nymphalidae (brushfoots)
SubFamily: 02 Nymphalinae (brushfoots)
Genus: Phyciodes
Species: batesii

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