Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1101051

Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos

Observation date: September 05, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, hot and humid, about 85 degrees. The butterfly was flitting among wingstem and ironweed at the edge of a thicket of mixed weeds and trees, and briefly rested on a leaf. Nearby were mixed grasses, red clover, maple, locust, oak, walnut, hawthorn, grape vines, and poison ivy.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: September 06, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Cabell County