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title: "Phaon Crescent"
description: "Phyciodes phaon — Insecten en spinnen. 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/nl/animal/phaon-crescent
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Phaon Crescent

> Phyciodes phaon — Insecten en spinnen. 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` (Insecten en spinnen)
- 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

![Phaon Crescent](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).