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Lepidoptera
Butterflies and Moths of North America (including Mexico & Belize) |
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My wildlife photography over the years has concentrated mainly on birds and more recently dragonflies and damselflies
as well as mammals and other critters when circumstances are right. Butterflies and moths have not been my main photographic
subjects by any means, but over the years I have managed to get some shots of a number of species. I am taking more butterfly images now as opportunities present themselves. This page will be the index page where you can
look for shots of various different species in my collection. I have little expertise with butterflies and moths so I will not
be making many comments about the behavior and habits of the species I have photographed, but rather just presenting some of
the images. There are many excellent web sites to learn about these insects elsewhere. Many knowledgeable persons with far more
experience than I have helped me learn more about butterflies as well as identified many of my photos. My sincere appreciation
to Rick Bowers, Jim Brock, Larry Ditto, Chris Durden, Tony Gallucci, Kim Garwood, Nick Grishin, Dan Hardy, John Ingram, Eric Isley, Barry Lyon, Paul Opler, Mike Quinn, Martin Reid, Barbara Ribble, Chuck Sexton, and Ro Wauer . Please be patient as I
add more species as this will be an ongoing process.
I will keep a page of unidentified butterflies here. If you can help me with some of these
identifications, I'd appreciate it.
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BUTTERFLIES Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Parnassians Subfamily Parnassiinae Phoebus Parnassian (Parnassius phoebus)Swallowtails Subfamily Papilioninae Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades) Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) Whites Subfamily Pierinae Golden Dartwhite (Casasticta teutila) Florida White (Appias drusilla) Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Sulphurs Subfamily Coliadinae Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Tailed Orange (Pyrisitia proterpia) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenidae) Coppers Subfamily Lycaeninae Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)Ruddy Copper (Lycaena rubidus) Bog Copper (Lycaena epixanthe) Mariposa Copper (Lycaena mariposa) Hairstreaks Subfamily Theclinae Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus) Silver-banded Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis) Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius) Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bazochii) Blues Subfamily Polyommatinae Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exile) Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) Metalmarks (Riodinidae) Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis) Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) Snouts Subfamily Libytheinae American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)Heliconians and Fritillaries Subfamily Heliconiinae Gulf Fritillary (Atlides halesus) Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona) True Brushfoots Subfamily Nymphalinae Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) Admirals and Relatives Subfamily Limenitidinae Band-celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia) Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta) White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis) Leafwings Subfamily Charaxinae Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria) Pale-spotted Leafwing (Memphis pithyusa) Emperors Subfamily Apaturinae Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) Satyrs Subfamily Satyrinae Southern Pearly-eye (Enodia portlandia) Creole Pearly-eye (Enodia creola) Monarchs Subfamily Danainae Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Queen (Danaus gilippus) Soldier (Danaus eresimus) Skippers (Hesperiidae) Spread-wing Skippers Subfamily Pyrginae Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades) Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) Grass-Skippers Subfamily Hesperiinae Malicious Skipper (Synapte malitiosa) Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes trebius) European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna) Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus) Dusky Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes alternata) Bell's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes belli) Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis) Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius) Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola) Giant-Skippers Subfamily Megathyminae Ursine Giant-Skipper (Megathymus ursus)
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