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Species

Species:

Family:

Subfamily:

Size

Small

Host Plants

• Turkey Tangle Fogfruit

Where Found

Habitat

• Open habitats, disturbed sites, coastal areas
• Wetlands, swamps, moist woodlands

This species has been reported in these Florida counties:

Throughout Florida

Flight Period

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Description

The Phaon Crescent is an abundant butterfly of roadsides, old fields and other open disturbed sites throughout Florida. The adults fly low to the ground and visit a variety of small flowers including those of Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, one of their larval hosts. | Photos by Jaret Daniels