Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1098446

Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos

Observation date: July 10, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Partly cloudy day, about 80 degrees and warming up. This butterfly was busy enjoying a queen anne's lace, in the weedy edge of the dirt-and-gravel road. In addition to queen anne's lace, there were nearby chicory, blackberries, lespedeza, cinquefoil, swamp milkweed, mixed grasses; maple, sycamore, oak; honeysuckle, grape, and morning glory vines.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: August 24, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Putnam County