Species: Phyciodes pulchella

Field Crescent
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Mandibulata
    Class

    Insecta

    Order

    Lepidoptera

    Family

    Nymphalidae

    Genus

    Phyciodes

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Phyciodes - follows Scott (1994), though it is disputed by some (e.g. Layberry et al., 1998). According to Pelham (2008), a petition to the I.C.Z.N. may be needed to resolve the matter.
    Short General Description
    Butterfly, Nymphalidae.
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-08-18
    Global Status Last Changed
    1998-09-01
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.AB=S5&CA.BC=S5&CA.NT=SNR&CA.YT=S5&US.AK=SNR&US.AZ=SNR&US.CA=S5&US.CO=S5&US.ID=SNR&US.KS=SNR&US.MT=S5&US.NE=S1&US.NM=SNR&US.OK=S3&US.OR=SNR&US.SD=SNR&US.UT=SNR&US.WA=S5&US.WY=SNR" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - North America west of the Great Plains, from Alaska to Mexico.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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