Species: Phyciodes pulchella
Field Crescent
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Phyciodes
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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.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Nymphalidae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-18
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 - 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)