Phyciodes phaon

"Crescent spot" redirects here. For other butterflies with this common name, see Phyciodes.

Phyciodes phaon
Both on Grand Cayman

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Phyciodes
Species:
P. phaon
Binomial name
Phyciodes phaon
(W.H. Edwards, 1864 )

Phyciodes phaon, the Phaon crescent[2] or mat plant crescent, is a species of butterfly found in Florida, neighboring states, west to New Mexico and south to Cuba (since the 1930s) and the Cayman Islands where it is known as the crescent spot.[3]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Phyciodes phaon Phaon Crescent". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Phyciodes Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, pp. 55-56