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BUTTERFLIES OF STEELE CREEK PARK

(Click on butterfly names for more information from www.butterfliesandmoths.org/)

SWALLOWTAILS

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

C

Apr - Sep

Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)

F

Mar - Aug

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

F

Apr - Sep

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (P. glaucus)

C

Mar - Sep

Spicebush Swallowtail (P. troilus)

F

Apr - Sep

WHITES and YELLOWS

West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis)

F

Apr - May

Cabbage White (P. rapae)

C

Mar - Nov

Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)

F

Mar - Apr

Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)

C

Mar - Nov

Orange Sulphur (C. eurytheme)

C

Apr - Nov

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

F

Apr - Nov

Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)

U

Apr - Nov

GOSSAMER-WINGS

Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

U

Mar - Jun

Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)

R

Apr - Sep

Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)

U

May - Jul

Striped Hairstreak (S. liparops)

R

May - Jun

Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)

U

Mar - Apr

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

F

Apr - Oct

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)

U

Apr - Oct

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)

C

Apr - Oct

Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)

C

Mar - Apr

Summer Azure (C. neglecta)

C

May - Sep

Appalachian Azure (C. neglectamajor)

R

May - Jun

Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lydgamus)

R

Apr - May

BRUSHFOOTS

Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

U

Apr - Nov

Diana Fritillary (Speyeria diana)

R

Jun - Sep

Great Spangled Fritillary (S. cybele)

F

Jun - Sep

Aphrodite Fritillary (S. aphrodite)

R

Jul - Aug

Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)

U

May - Sep

Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)

F

May - Aug

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

C

Apr - Nov

Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton)

R

Jun - Jul

Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)

F

Jan - Dec

Eastern Comma (P. comma)

F

Jan - Dec

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

U

Jan - Dec

American Lady (Vanessa virginensis)

U

Apr - Oct

Painted Lady (V. cardui)

U

Apr - Oct

Red Admiral (V. atalanta)

U

Apr - Oct

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

F

Apr - Nov

Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)

C

Apr - Oct

Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)

F

May - Sep

Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon)

U

Jun - Aug

Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)

U

Apr - Sep

Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)

U

Apr - Sep

Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)

F

May - Jul

Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

U

Jul - Sep

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

C

Apr – Nov

SKIPPERS

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

C

Apr - Oct

Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)

R

Sep - Oct

Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades)

U

May - Sep

Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes plyades)

U

Apr - Aug

Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)

F

Apr - Jun

Sleepy Duskywing (E. brizo)

U

Apr - May

Juvenal's Duskywing (E. juvenalis)

C

Apr - May

Horace's Duskywing (E. horatius)

U

Apr - Sep

Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)

U

Jul - Oct

Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)

U

Apr - Sep

Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)

U

May - Oct

Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)

F

May - Sep

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)

F

Jun - Oct

Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)

U

May - Sep

Crossline Skipper (P. origenes)

U

May - Sep

Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)

U

Jun - Aug

Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)

U

May - Sep

Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)

C

May - Oct

Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)

U

May - Jul

Zabulon Skipper (P. zabulon)

F

Apr - Sep

Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestries)

F

May - Sep

C = common            F = fairly common           U = uncommon            R = rare

This serves as an update from the list compiled by Don Holt in 2001. I followed the order found in Butterflies Through Binoculars - The East by Glassberg, and used statuses and dates found in that book. This compilation was completed in August of 2007 by Larry McDaniel, Assistant Park Naturalist.