---
title: "Mariposa luna Faón"
description: "Phyciodes phaon — Insectos y arañas. Phyciodes phaon, the Phaon crescent or mat plant crescent, is a species of butterfly found in Florida, neighboring states, west to New Mexico and south to Cuba (since the 1930s) and the Cayman Islands where it is known as the crescent spot."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/phaon-crescent
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariposa luna Faón

> Phyciodes phaon — Insectos y arañas. Phyciodes phaon, the Phaon crescent or mat plant crescent, is a species of butterfly found in Florida, neighboring states, west to New Mexico and south to Cuba (since the 1930s) and the Cayman Islands where it is known as the crescent spot.

- Scientific name: *Phyciodes phaon*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 26213
- Wikidata: [Q3381812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68274](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68274)

## Names

- en: Phaon Crescent
- es: Mariposa luna Faón

## Countries with the most observations

US (24179), MX (999), CU (46), BZ (34), KY (31), GT (14), HN (9)

## Summary

Phyciodes phaon, the Phaon crescent or mat plant crescent, is a species of butterfly found in Florida, neighboring states, west to New Mexico and south to Cuba (since the 1930s) and the Cayman Islands where it is known as the crescent spot.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyciodes_phaon

## Photo

![Mariposa luna Faón](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/phaon-crescent/medium.jpg)

Photo: kcthetc1 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203637686

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/phaon-crescent?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).