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title: "Pearl Crescent"
description: "Phyciodes tharos — Insecten en spinnen. The pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) is a species of butterfly from North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pearl-crescent
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pearl Crescent

> Phyciodes tharos — Insecten en spinnen. The pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) is a species of butterfly from North America.

- Scientific name: *Phyciodes tharos*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `farm` (Boerderij)
- iNaturalist observations: 116650
- Wikidata: [Q3003228](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3003228)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52925](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52925)

## Names

- en: Pearl Crescent
- es: Mariposa media luna perlada
- fr: Croissant perlé

## Countries with the most observations

US (87909), CA (3561), MX (440)

## Summary

The pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) is a species of butterfly from North America. It is found in all parts of the United States except the west coast, and throughout Mexico and parts of southern Canada, in particular Ontario. Its habitat is open areas such as pastures, road edges, vacant lots, fields, open pine woods. Its pattern is quite variable. Males usually have black antenna knobs. Its upper side is orange with black borders; postmedian and submarginal areas are crossed by fine black marks. The underside of the hindwing has a dark marginal patch containing a light-colored crescent.
The wingspan is from 21…

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

## Photo

![Pearl Crescent](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pearl-crescent/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186307610

## Machine access

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