Painted Crescent
Phyciodes picta (W.H. Edwards, 1865)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Identification: Upperside is dark with yellowish spots. Below, forewing apex and all of hindwing are yellow-cream with pale or absent markings.
Wing Span: 1 - 1 1/2 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm).
Life History: Males patrol on flats all day for females. Eggs are laid in clusters on underside of host plant leaves; caterpillars eat leaves. Third-stage caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: Two to three flights from April-October.
Caterpillar Hosts: Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), aster, and hairy tubetongue (Siphonoglosssa pilosella).
Adult Food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Marshes, stream edges, and washes in short-grass prairie; fields, roadsides, fencerows.
Range: Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado south to Texas, New Mexico, and western Arizona; northern Mexico.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
Alternate Scientific Names:
Phyciodes pictus
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Region: Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Union County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: El Paso County, Texas, United States
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Region: Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Coke County, Texas, United States
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Region: Gila County, Arizona, United States
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Region: Greeley County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Sedgwick County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Grant County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: Elbert County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Seward County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Denver County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Sonora, Mexico
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Region: Curry County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: Prowers County, Colorado, United States
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Region: San Juan County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: Armstrong County, Texas, United States
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Region: Douglas County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: Texas, Presidio County, United States
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Region: Mohave County, Arizona, United States
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Region: Thomas County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Texas, Sterling County, United States
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