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title: "Field Crescent"
description: "Phyciodes pulchella — Owady i pająki. Phyciodes pulchella, the field crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/field-crescent
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Field Crescent

> Phyciodes pulchella — Owady i pająki. Phyciodes pulchella, the field crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Phyciodes pulchella*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 13561
- Wikidata: [Q3381817](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381817)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82069](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82069)

## Names

- en: Field Crescent

## Countries with the most observations

US (7277), CA (3653)

## Summary

Phyciodes pulchella, the field crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Nearctic realm.
The wingspan is 24–36 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August in Canada.
The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Shirley Morrison · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170226508

## Machine access

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