---
title: "Mariposa Lunita tejana"
description: "Anthanassa texana — Insectos y arañas. Anthanassa texana, the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/texan-crescent
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariposa Lunita tejana

> Anthanassa texana — Insectos y arañas. Anthanassa texana, the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Anthanassa texana*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Ciudades y jardines), `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 13663
- Wikidata: [Q4771458](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4771458)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132339](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132339)

## Names

- en: Texan Crescent
- es: Mariposa Lunita tejana

## Countries with the most observations

US (7234), MX (5269), GT (3)

## Summary

Anthanassa texana, the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Guatemala north through Mexico to southern California, east across the southern United States to northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Strays may be found up to Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, South Dakota, and central Nevada. The habitat consists of deserts, dry gulches, open areas, streamsides, road edges, and city parks.
The wingspan is 32–48 mm. Adults are on wing from March to November in southern Florida and Arizona. They are on wing year round in southern Texas and the tropics. There are several…

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

## Photo

![Mariposa Lunita tejana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/texan-crescent/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62976613

## Machine access

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