Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 974117

Vesta or Graphic Crescent
Phyciodes graphica

Observation date: May 12, 2014
Submitted by: ddodd
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: June 05, 2014
Coordinator notes: The upper and underside wing markings show this to be a P. graphica (Vesta Crescent) rather than the suggested id of P. tharos (Pearl). The figures in "Butterflies through Binoculars, the West" by Glassberg pp. 176-79 show the differences between these two species well. SAT
Checklist region(s): United States, Texas, Brewster County