pearl crescent

pearl crescent
Tharos Tha"ros, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small American butterfly ({Phycoides tharos}) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also {pearl crescent}. [1913 Webster]

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