Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1173993

Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos

Observation date: July 21, 2018
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: There was an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a bit of feces, and this little butterfly landed on its wings. Sunny, humid, about 80 degrees, light breeze. Nearby were lespedeza, joe pye weed, wingstem, multiflora rose, autumn olive, cattails, honeysuckle, vervain, queen anne's lace, milkweed, boneset, dog bane, mixed grasses, sycamore, locust, walnut, maple, oak, willow, redbud, dogwood, tulip poplar.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: July 27, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Putnam County, United States, West Virginia