Orange-and-black-butterfly

Guides

• Phyciodes incognitus

  Phyciodes incognitus is a species of brush-footed butterfly in the genus Phyciodes, which includes the crescent butterflies. The genus Phyciodes comprises small to medium-sized butterflies characterized by orange and black wing patterns with distinctive crescent-shaped markings on the hindwings. Species within this genus are primarily North American and are associated with asteraceous host plants.

  LepidopteraNymphalidaeMelitaeinicrescent-butterflyNorth-AmericaPhyciodesbrush-footed-butterflyorange-and-black-butterfly