Species: Phyciodes mylitta
Mylitta Crescent
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Small (16-17 mm FW [forewing] length), FW angled, dark and mottled on uhw [underhindwing] (Scott, 1986).
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Phyciodes
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
croissant occidental
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Phyciodes - Often confused with P. PALLIDA. The two were formerly believed conspecific.
Ecology and Life History
Small (16-17 mm FW [forewing] length), FW angled, dark and mottled on uhw [underhindwing] (Scott, 1986).
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Short General Description
Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Larval foodplants include SILYBUM MARIANUM, CARDUUS PYCNOCEPHALUS, genus CIRSIUM.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1998-09-01
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Western N. America: British Columbia, Montana south to California, west to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and New Mexico. Also occurs through Mexico, including Baja California (Comstock, 1927; Emmel and Emmel, 1989; Stanford and Opler, 1993).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)