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Phyciodes phaon (Crescent-spot)

Synonyms: Melitaea phaon; Phyciodes maya

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyciodes phaon (the Phaon crescent 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 is it known as the Crescent spot.
View Wikipedia Record: Phyciodes phaon

Infraspecies

Phyciodes phaon jalapeno
Phyciodes phaon phaon

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.591 inches (.015 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

Prey / Diet

Phyla lanceolata (frog fruit)[2]
Phyla nodiflora var. reptans (frog fruit)[2]

Predators

Triorla interrupta[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Phaon Crescent, Mat Plant Crescent, Phyciodes phaon (Edwards) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Donald W. Hall and Jerry F. Butler, University of Florida
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0