This little butterfly is the Phaon Crescent, similar to the Pearl Crescent, and the difference is the wing.

Phaon Crescent | February 27 | Alice Mary Herden

The name comes from the crescent-shaped dots on the wings. Its similar to the Pearl Crescent only its wings are fringed.

Phaon Crescent | February 27 | Alice Mary Herden

It is only an inch and a half, and easy to get close to photographing (macro) when there’s plenty of nectar to gather. Its caterpillar host plant is fogfruit, so that’s another great opportunity to photograph them.

Phaon Crescent | February 27 | Alice Mary Herden

Links

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/phaon_crescent.htm

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Phyciodes-phaon

https://bugguide.net/node/view/221