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Family Hesperiidae (skippers)

Achalarus

Achalarus lyciades (hoary edge)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amorpha fruticosa Category: Baptisia Category: Desmodium Category: Desmodium canadense Category: Desmodium ciliare Category: Desmodium cuspidatum Category: Desmodium glabellum Category: Desmodium nudiflorum Category: Desmodium nuttallii Category: Desmodium paniculatum Category: Desmodium perplexum Category: Desmodium rotundifolium Category: Hedysarum Category: Indigofera caroliniana Category: Lespedeza hirta

Amblyscirtes

Amblyscirtes hegon (pepper and salt skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Chasmanthium latifolium Category: Poa pratensis Category: Sorghastrum nutans Category: Sorghastrum secundum Category: Sorghum

Amblyscirtes vialis (common roadside-skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agrostis Category: Chasmanthium latifolium Category: Poa pratensis

Anatrytone

Anatrytone logan (Delaware skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Andropogon gerardii Category: Panicum hemitomon Category: Panicum virgatum Category: Saccharum alopecuroidum

Ancyloxypha

Ancyloxypha numitor (least skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Leersia oryzoides Category: Oryza sativa Category: Panicum Category: Poa Category: Setaria Category: Spartina Category: Zea mays Category: Zizaniopsis miliacea

Atalopedes

Atalopedes campestris (sachem)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult female, ventral view of wings.
Adult male, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cynodon dactylon Category: Digitaria sanguinalis Category: Distichlis spicata Category: Eleusine indica Category: Festuca rubra Category: Poa pratensis Category: Stenotaphrum secundatum

Atrytonopsis

Atrytonopsis hianna (dusted skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Andropogon gerardii Category: Schizachyrium scoparium

Autochton

Autochton cellus (golden-banded skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Amphicarpaea bracteata Category: Clitoria mariana Category: Phaseolus filiformis Category: Phaseolus grayanus Category: Stylisma Category: Vigna

Epargyreus

Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Acacia Category: Amorpha Category: Amorpha californica Category: Amorpha fruticosa Category: Amphicarpaea Category: Amphicarpaea bracteata Category: Apios americana Category: Astragalus Category: Desmodium Category: Desmodium glabellum Category: Desmodium marilandicum Category: Desmodium nudiflorum Category: Desmodium paniculatum Category: Desmodium perplexum Category: Desmodium rotundifolium Category: Erythrina herbacea Category: Galactia regularis Category: Gleditsia Category: Gleditsia triacanthos Category: Glycyrrhiza lepidota Category: Lathyrus Category: Lathyrus palustris Category: Lespedeza Category: Lespedeza capitata Category: Lotus Category: Lotus crassifolius Category: Lotus grandiflorus Category: Phaseolus Category: Phaseolus polystachios Category: Phaseolus vulgaris Category: Pueraria Category: Pueraria montana Category: Rhynchosia minima Category: Robinia Category: Robinia hispida Category: Robinia neomexicana Category: Robinia pseudoacacia Category: Robinia viscosa Category: Wisteria Category: Wisteria frutescens Category: Wisteria sinensis

Erynnis

Erynnis baptisiae (wild indigo duskywing)

Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Aquilegia Category: Astragalus canadensis Category: Baptisia Category: Baptisia alba Category: Baptisia australis Category: Baptisia bracteata Category: Baptisia tinctoria Category: Coronilla varia Category: Crotalaria sagittalis Category: Lupinus perennis Category: Thermopsis mollis Category: Thermopsis villosa

Erynnis brizo (sleepy duskywing)

Mating, dorsal view.

Category: Castanea dentata Category: Quercus Category: Quercus durata Category: Quercus gambelii Category: Quercus ilicifolia Category: Quercus inopina Category: Quercus macrocarpa Category: Quercus myrtifolia Category: Quercus turbinella Category: Quercus x pauciloba

Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Quercus fusiformis Category: Quercus gambelii Category: Quercus hemisphaerica Category: Quercus ilicifolia Category: Quercus inopina Category: Quercus laurifolia Category: Quercus marilandica Category: Quercus muehlenbergii Category: Quercus myrtifolia Category: Quercus nigra Category: Quercus pagoda Category: Quercus phellos Category: Quercus rubra Category: Quercus shumardii Category: Quercus stellata Category: Quercus texana Category: Quercus velutina Category: Quercus virginiana Category: Wisteria Category: Wisteria frutescens

Erynnis icelus (dreamy duskywing)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Betula populifolia Category: Populus Category: Populus balsamifera Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Populus nigra Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Robinia pseudoacacia Category: Salix Category: Salix bebbiana Category: Salix cordata

Erynnis juvenalis (Juvenal's duskywing)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Corylus Category: Fagus sieboldii Category: Lathyrus Category: Quercus Category: Quercus alba Category: Quercus arizonica Category: Quercus coccinea/rubra Category: Quercus emoryi Category: Quercus geminata Category: Quercus hypoleucoides Category: Quercus ilicifolia Category: Quercus inopina Category: Quercus macrocarpa Category: Quercus marilandica Category: Quercus mohriana Category: Quercus nigra Category: Quercus prinus Category: Quercus rubra Category: Quercus stellata Category: Quercus velutina

Erynnis lucilius (columbine duskywing)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Aquilegia canadensis Category: Aquilegia vulgaris Category: Lupinus

Erynnis martialis (mottled duskywing)

Category: Amaranthus Category: Baptisia Category: Ceanothus Category: Ceanothus americanus Category: Ceanothus fendleri Category: Ceanothus herbaceus Category: Lachnanthes

Erynnis persius (persius duskywing)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Astragalus bisulcatus Category: Astragalus flexuosus Category: Lotus scoparius Category: Lotus unifoliatus Category: Lupinus argenteus Category: Lupinus latifolius Category: Lupinus perennis Category: Populus Category: Populus balsamifera Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Salix Category: Salix humilis Category: Thermopsis rhombifolia Category: Trifolium ciliolatum

Euphyes

Euphyes bimacula (two-spotted skipper)

Category: Carex trichocarpa

Euphyes conspicua (black dash)

Category: Carex stricta

Euphyes vestris (dun skipper)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Carex geophila Category: Carex inops Category: Carex lacustris Category: Carex spissa Category: Cyperus esculentus Category: Tridens flavus

Hesperia

Hesperia leonardus (Leonard's skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agrostis Category: Bouteloua curtipendula Category: Bouteloua gracilis Category: Bouteloua hirsuta Category: Danthonia spicata Category: Eragrostis alba Category: Panicum virgatum Category: Poa pratensis Category: Schizachyrium scoparium Category: Sporobolus heterolepis Category: Stipa Category: Tridens

Hesperia metea (cobweb skipper)

Category: Andropogon gerardii Category: Andropogon glomeratus Category: Schizachyrium scoparium

Hesperia sassacus (Indian skipper)

Adult, posterior view.

Category: Danthonia spicata Category: Digitaria sanguinalis Category: Festuca subverticillata Category: Panicum Category: Schizachyrium scoparium

Hylephila

Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agrostis Category: Axonopus compressus Category: Cenchrus Category: Cynodon Category: Cynodon dactylon Category: Digitaria Category: Digitaria ciliaris Category: Digitaria sanguinalis Category: Eragrostis hypnoides Category: Eriochloa punctata Category: Panicum repens Category: Paspalum conjugatum Category: Paspalum cromyorhizon Category: Paspalum pumilum Category: Poa pratensis Category: Saccharum officinarum Category: Stenotaphrum secundatum

Lerema

Lerema accius (clouded skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Andropogon Category: Oryzopsis Category: Panicum capillare Category: Paspalum setaceum Category: Pennisetum ciliare Category: Saccharum Category: Saccharum alopecuroidum Category: Setaria poiretiana Category: Sorghum halepense Category: Stenotaphrum secundatum Category: Zea Category: Zea mays

Nastra

Nastra lherminier (swarthy skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Schizachyrium scoparium Category: Sorghum halepense

Panoquina

Panoquina ocola (ocola skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Hymenachne amplexicaulis Category: Oryza sativa Category: Panicum repens Category: Saccharum officinarum

Pholisora

Pholisora catullus (common sootywing)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amaranthus albus Category: Amaranthus caudatus Category: Amaranthus hybridus Category: Amaranthus retroflexus Category: Amaranthus spinosus Category: Ambrosia Category: Atriplex rosea Category: Celosia cristata Category: Chenopodium album Category: Chenopodium ambrosioides Category: Chenopodium berlandieri Category: Chenopodium foliosum Category: Saccharum officinarum

Poanes

Poanes hobomok (Hobomok skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Panicum Category: Poa

Poanes zabulon (Zabulon skipper)

Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult female, ventral view of wings.
Adult male, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agrostis gigantea Category: Dactylis glomerata Category: Elymus canadensis Category: Elymus smithii Category: Elymus trachycaulus Category: Elytrigia repens Category: Eragrostis Category: Poa pratensis Category: Puccinellia nuttalliana Category: Tridens

Polites

Polites mystic (long dash skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Carex Category: Echinochloa crus-galli Category: Elytrigia repens Category: Paspalum Category: Phleum pratense Category: Poa

Polites origenes (crossline skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Schizachyrium scoparium Category: Tridens flavus

Polites peckius (Peck's skipper)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Leersia oryzoides Category: Poa pratensis

Polites themistocles (tawny-edged skipper)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Digitaria filiformis Category: Panicum Category: Panicum aciculare Category: Panicum clandestinum Category: Poa pratensis

Polites vibex (whirlabout)

Adult female, ventral view of wings.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult male, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cynodon dactylon Category: Paspalum setaceum Category: Solanum variabilis Category: Stenotaphrum secundatum

Pompeius

Pompeius verna (little glassywing)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Tridens flavus

Pyrgus

Pyrgus centaureae (grizzled skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Fragaria virginiana Category: Potentilla canadensis Category: Potentilla diversifolia Category: Rubus chamaemorus

Pyrgus communis (common checkered-skipper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Abutilon theophrasti Category: Alcea rosea Category: Althaea officinalis Category: Anoda Category: Callirhoe leiocarpa Category: Chenopodium album Category: Eremalche rotundifolia Category: Hibiscus trionum Category: Malva Category: Malva moschata Category: Malva neglecta Category: Malva nicaeensis Category: Malva parviflora Category: Malva rotundifolia Category: Malva sylvestris Category: Malvastrum coromandelianum Category: Malvella leprosa Category: Modiola caroliniana Category: Pavonia hastata Category: Pavonia spinifex Category: Sida abutifolia Category: Sida lindheimeri Category: Sida rhombifolia Category: Sida spinosa Category: Sidalcea cusickii Category: Sidalcea glaucescens Category: Sidalcea malviflora Category: Sidalcea neomexicana Category: Sidalcea oregana Category: Sphaeralcea Category: Sphaeralcea ambigua Category: Sphaeralcea angustifolia Category: Sphaeralcea coccinea Category: Sphaeralcea lindheimeri Category: Sphaeralcea munroana Category: Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Staphylus

Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst's Scallopwing)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Alternanthera flavescens Category: Amaranthus Category: Chenopodium album

Thorybes

Thorybes bathyllus (southern cloudywing)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Apios americana Category: Astragalus distortus Category: Centrosema virginianum Category: Desmodium ciliare Category: Desmodium paniculatum Category: Desmodium rotundifolium Category: Lespedeza capitata Category: Lespedeza hirta Category: Lespedeza virginica Category: Rhynchosia reticulata Category: Rhynchosia tomentosa Category: Strophostyles helvula Category: Strophostyles leiosperma Category: Tephrosia florida Category: Trifolium pratense

Thorybes confusis (confused cloudywing)

Category: Lespedeza

Thorybes pylades (northern cloudywing)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amorpha californica Category: Astragalus Category: Astragalus nuttallianus Category: Desmodium Category: Desmodium canadense Category: Desmodium glabellum Category: Desmodium nudiflorum Category: Desmodium paniculatum Category: Desmodium perplexum Category: Desmodium rotundifolium Category: Galactia regularis Category: Lathyrus eucosmus Category: Lathyrus ochroleucus Category: Lespedeza Category: Lespedeza capitata Category: Lespedeza hirta Category: Lespedeza intermedia Category: Lotus Category: Lotus crassifolius Category: Lotus nevadensis Category: Medicago sativa Category: Rhynchosia difformis Category: Rhynchosia senna Category: Trifolium Category: Trifolium pratense Category: Trifolium repens Category: Vicia americana

Thymelicus

Thymelicus lineola (European skipper)

Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agrostis gigantea Category: Calamagrostis epigejos Category: Dactylis glomerata Category: Deschampsia cespitosa Category: Elymus repens Category: Elytrigia repens Category: Holcus mollis Category: Phleum pratense Category: Triticum

Urbanus

Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper)

Caterpillar.
Caterpillar sheltering under enrolled leaf.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amphicarpaea bracteata Category: Bauhinia Category: Bauhinia forficata Category: Byrsonima coccolobifolia Category: Canna Category: Centrosema arenicola Category: Clitoria Category: Clitoria laurifolia Category: Clitoria mariana Category: Clitoria ternatea Category: Desmodium affine Category: Desmodium canescens Category: Desmodium incanum Category: Desmodium neomexicanum Category: Desmodium tortuosum Category: Desmodium viridiflorum Category: Glycine max Category: Lathyrus odoratus Category: Macroptilium lathyroides Category: Periandra Category: Phaseolus Category: Phaseolus lunatus Category: Phaseolus polystachios Category: Phaseolus vulgaris Category: Pisum sativum Category: Prosopis Category: Prosopis glandulosa Category: Stigmaphyllon emarginatum Category: Vicia faba Category: Vigna luteola Category: Vigna radiata Category: Vigna unguiculata Category: Wisteria Category: Wisteria frutescens Category: Wisteria sinensis

Wallengrenia

Wallengrenia egeremet (northern broken dash)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Panicum clandestinum Category: Panicum dichotomum

Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)

Atlides

Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak)

Adult, dorsal view (left) and ventral view.

Category: Phoradendron Category: Phoradendron bolleanum Category: Phoradendron californicum Category: Phoradendron juniperinum Category: Phoradendron leucarpum Category: Phoradendron tomentosum Category: Prosopis glandulosa Category: Viscum

Callophrys

Callophrys augustinus (brown elfin)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Arbutus menziesii Category: Arctostaphylos patula Category: Arctostaphylos pungens Category: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Category: Ceanothus Category: Ceanothus cuneatus Category: Ceanothus integerrimus Category: Ceanothus velutinus Category: Chamaedaphne calyculata Category: Chlorogalum pomeridianum Category: Cuscuta Category: Cuscuta gronovii Category: Eriodictyon californicum Category: Eriogonum Category: Gaultheria shallon Category: Gaylussacia baccata Category: Holodiscus discolor Category: Kalmia Category: Kalmia angustifolia Category: Malus pumila Category: Rhododendron Category: Rhododendron groenlandicum Category: Sedum Category: Vaccinium Category: Vaccinium angustifolium Category: Vaccinium corymbosum Category: Vaccinium pallidum

Callophrys irus (frosted elfin)

Adult male (left) and female in dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Baptisia australis Category: Baptisia tinctoria Category: Crotalaria sagittalis Category: Lupinus perennis

Callophrys gryneus (juniper hairstreak)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Juniperus pinchotii Category: Juniperus scopulorum Category: Juniperus virginiana

Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cercis Category: Cercis canadensis Category: Cyrilla racemiflora Category: Diospyros texana Category: Gaylussacia baccata Category: Ilex cassine Category: Ilex opaca Category: Ilex vomitoria Category: Leucothoe racemosa Category: Lupinus texensis Category: Prunus Category: Prunus americana Category: Prunus pensylvanica Category: Prunus pumila Category: Prunus serotina Category: Sophora secundiflora Category: Vaccinium Category: Vaccinium corymbosum Category: Vaccinium pallidum Category: Viburnum acerifolium

Callophrys niphon (eastern pine elfin)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Juniperus Category: Juniperus virginiana Category: Picea glauca Category: Pinus Category: Pinus banksiana Category: Pinus echinata Category: Pinus resinosa Category: Pinus rigida Category: Pinus strobus Category: Pinus sylvestris Category: Pinus taeda Category: Pinus virginiana

Callophrys polios (hoary elfin)

Category: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Category: Epigaea repens

Calycopis

Calycopis cecrops (red-banded hairstreak)

Adult in dorsal view (left) and ventral view.

Category: Croton Category: Croton linearis Category: Gossypium Category: Gossypium herbaceum Category: Mangifera indica Category: Myrica cerifera Category: Quercus chapmanii Category: Quercus hemisphaerica Category: Quercus myrtifolia Category: Rhus Category: Rhus aromatica Category: Rhus copallinum Category: Rhus typhina Category: Schinus

Celastrina

Celastrina ladon (spring azure)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Type I and lucia auctorum

cornus florida flowers black cherry fruit

Violacea type II black cherry leaf galls from eriophyid mites

Neglecta uses flower buds of ceanothus americana cimicifuga racemosa Rhus glabra Spiraea spp Actinomeris alternifolia

Females will lay eggs on the buds of the following, but the caterpillars won't survive

Hydrangea arborescens Sambucus spp Viburnum spp

Nectar et al:

Malus Prunus Prunus serotina Amelanchier Cercis canadensis Viburnum Lindera benzoin Rubus

Late spring and summer: Apocynum Ceanothus americanus Ligustrum Asclepias Melilotus officinalis M alba

Males puddle and scavenge carrion

Celastrina neglectamajor (Appalachian azure)

Category: Cimicifuga racemosa

Celastrina nigra (dusky azure)

Category: Aruncus dioicus

Cupido

Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed blue)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Astragalus Category: Baptisia tinctoria Category: Desmodium Category: Desmodium canescens Category: Desmodium marilandicum Category: Desmodium obtusum Category: Galactia Category: Kummerowia stipulacea Category: Lathyrus Category: Lathyrus jepsonii Category: Lathyrus ochroleucus Category: Lespedeza Category: Lespedeza capitata Category: Lespedeza hirta Category: Lespedeza intermedia Category: Lespedeza texana Category: Lotus Category: Lotus scoparius Category: Lotus strigosus Category: Lotus unifoliatus Category: Lupinus bicolor Category: Lupinus nanus Category: Lupinus perennis Category: Medicago lupulina Category: Melilotus indicus Category: Melilotus officinalis Category: Phaseolus polystachios Category: Trifolium Category: Trifolium hybridum Category: Trifolium pratense Category: Trifolium repens Category: Trifolium willdenowii Category: Vicia americana Category: Vicia cracca Category: Vicia sativa Category: Vicia villosa

Erora

Erora laeta (early hairstreak)

Category: Corylus cornuta Category: Fagus Category: Fagus grandifolia Category: Quercus Category: Quercus alba Category: Salix

Feniseca

Feniseca tarquinius (harvester)

Chrysalis.
Adult, posterior view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Adelges piceae Category: Alnus incana Category: Aphis Category: Eriosoma Category: Fagiphagus imbricator Category: Fulgoridae Category: Meliarhizophagus fraxinifolii Category: Neoprociphilus aceris Category: Pemphigidae Category: Pemphigus Category: Prociphilus tessellatus

Glaucopsyche

Glaucopsyche lygdamus (silvery blue)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Astragalus adsurgens Category: Astragalus miser Category: Astragalus trichopodus Category: Hedysarum boreale Category: Lathyrus Category: Lathyrus carolina Category: Lathyrus couperi Category: Lathyrus japonicus Category: Lathyrus jepsonii Category: Lathyrus ochroleucus Category: Lathyrus venosus Category: Lotus scoparius Category: Lotus unifoliatus Category: Lupinus Category: Lupinus ammophilus Category: Lupinus arboreus Category: Lupinus arcticus Category: Lupinus argenteus Category: Lupinus bakeri Category: Lupinus caudatus Category: Lupinus densiflorus Category: Lupinus parviflorus Category: Lupinus polycarpus Category: Lupinus polyphyllus Category: Lupinus sericeus Category: Lupinus succulentus Category: Lupinus versicolor Category: Medicago sativa Category: Melilotus officinalis Category: Oxytropis lambertii Category: Thermopsis rhombifolia Category: Vicia Category: Vicia americana Category: Vicia caroliniana Category: Vicia cracca Category: Vicia nigricans Category: Vicia sativa Category: Vicia villosa

Lycaena

Lycaena epixanthe (bog copper)

Adult, anterodorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Vaccinium macrocarpon Category: Vaccinium oxycoccos

Lycaena hyllus (bronze copper)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Polygonum Category: Polygonum amphibium Category: Rumex Category: Rumex crispus Category: Rumex longifolius Category: Rumex obtusifolius Category: Rumex patientia Category: Rumex verticillatus

Lycaena phlaeas (American copper)

Egg, close-up view.
Egg, distant view.
Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Abutilon Category: Oxyria digyna Category: Polygonum Category: Rumex Category: Rumex acetosa Category: Rumex acetosella Category: Rumex bequaertii Category: Rumex crispus Category: Rumex longifolius Category: Rumex nepalensis

Parrhasius

Parrhasius m-album (white M hairstreak)

Category: Quercus alba Category: Quercus marilandica Category: Quercus virginiana Category: Tilia americana

Satyrium

Satyrium calanus (banded hairstreak)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Acer negundo Category: Carya Category: Carya glabra Category: Carya ovata Category: Castanea dentata Category: Fraxinus Category: Juglans Category: Juglans cinerea Category: Juglans microcarpa Category: Juglans nigra Category: Malus pumila Category: Prunus virginiana Category: Quercus Category: Quercus alba Category: Quercus coccinea/rubra Category: Quercus falcata Category: Quercus gambelii Category: Quercus incana Category: Quercus laevis Category: Quercus macrocarpa Category: Quercus prinus Category: Quercus rubra

Satyrium caryaevorum (hickory hairstreak)

Category: Carya cordiformis Category: Carya glabra Category: Carya ovata Category: Castanea dentata Category: Crataegus Category: Fraxinus americana Category: Fraxinus nigra Category: Juglans cinerea Category: Quercus rubra

Satyrium edwardsii (Edwards' hairstreak)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Carya illinoinensis Category: Crataegus Category: Formica (Z) integra Category: Quercus Category: Quercus alba Category: Quercus coccinea Category: Quercus ilicifolia Category: Quercus macrocarpa Category: Quercus velutina

Satyrium favonius (southern hairstreak)

Category: Quercus falcata Category: Quercus marilandica Category: Quercus nigra Category: Quercus virginiana

Satyrium liparops (striped hairstreak)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amelanchier canadensis Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Carpinus caroliniana Category: Carya Category: Castanea dentata Category: Crataegus Category: Crataegus intricata Category: Crataegus pruinosa Category: Fraxinus Category: Ilex opaca Category: Liquidambar styraciflua Category: Malus Category: Malus pumila Category: Photinia melanocarpa Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Prunus Category: Prunus americana Category: Prunus cerasus Category: Prunus domestica Category: Prunus ilicifolia Category: Prunus nigra Category: Prunus pensylvanica Category: Prunus serotina Category: Prunus virginiana Category: Prunus X cistena Category: Quercus Category: Quercus laevis Category: Quercus rubra Category: Rhododendron calendulaceum Category: Rubus Category: Salix Category: Sorbus Category: Vaccinium arboreum Category: Vaccinium corymbosum

Satyrium titus (coral hairstreak)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Prunus americana Category: Prunus angustifolia Category: Prunus cerasus Category: Prunus domestica Category: Prunus ilicifolia Category: Prunus serotina Category: Prunus virginiana

Strymon

Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Abelmoschus esculentus Category: Amorpha Category: Amphicarpaea bracteata Category: Asclepias Category: Astragalus Category: Astragalus bisulcatus Category: Astragalus crassicarpus Category: Astragalus crotalariae Category: Astragalus mollissimus Category: Callirhoe leiocarpa Category: Carya illinoinensis Category: Cienfuegosia Category: Citrus limon Category: Comptonia peregrina Category: Crataegus Category: Crataegus apiifolia Category: Crataegus intricata Category: Crataegus marshallii Category: Crataegus pedicellata Category: Croton capitatus Category: Croton monanthogynus Category: Croton setigerus Category: Cynoglossum officinale Category: Desmodium canadense Category: Desmodium nudiflorum Category: Diospyros texana Category: Echites Category: Eriobotrya japonica Category: Eriogonum Category: Eriogonum alatum Category: Eriogonum effusum Category: Eriogonum parvifolium Category: Fragaria Category: Frangula californica Category: Glycyrrhiza lepidota Category: Gossypium Category: Gossypium herbaceum Category: Guaiacum angustifolium Category: Hibiscus Category: Hibiscus syriacus Category: Humulus Category: Humulus lupulus Category: Hypericum Category: Hypericum frondosum Category: Hyptis emoryi Category: Indigofera miniata Category: Kosteletzkya tubiflorus Category: Lamium amplexicaule Category: Lantana achyranthifolia Category: Lespedeza capitata Category: Lespedeza hirta Category: Lupinus Category: Lupinus argenteus Category: Lupinus diffusus Category: Lupinus texensis Category: Malus Category: Malus pumila Category: Malva Category: Malva neglecta Category: Malva nicaeensis Category: Malva parviflora Category: Malva rotundifolia Category: Malvella leprosa Category: Medicago sativa Category: Melilotus officinalis Category: Mentha spicata Category: Mentzelia Category: Nolina Category: Nolina microcarpa Category: Petunia Category: Phaseolus Category: Phaseolus lunatus Category: Phaseolus vulgaris Category: Pinus Category: Pisum sativum Category: Polygonum Category: Polygonum lapathifolium Category: Polygonum phytolaccifolium Category: Quercus virginiana Category: Rhododendron calendulaceum Category: Rosa californica Category: Rubus idaeus Category: Rumex salicifolius Category: Sabal megacarpa Category: Salvia mellifera Category: Scabiosa atropurpurea Category: Sclerocactus intertextus Category: Sedum Category: Senna alata Category: Senna bacillaris Category: Sesbania drummondii Category: Sidalcea Category: Sphaeralcea ambigua Category: Tecoma stans Category: Tephrosia onobrychoides Category: Trifolium arvense Category: Trifolium incarnatum Category: Trifolium oliganthum Category: Trifolium repens Category: Trifolium willdenowii Category: Verbascum thapsus Category: Vicia Category: Vigna unguiculata Category: Zea mays

Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)

Aglais

Aglais milberti (Milbert's tortoiseshell)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Helianthus Category: Laportea canadensis Category: Ribes Category: Salix Category: Ulmus Category: Urtica dioica

Asterocampa

Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Celtis laevigata Category: Celtis occidentalis Category: Celtis pallida Category: Celtis tenuifolia

Asterocampa clyton (tawny emperor)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Celtis laevigata Category: Celtis lindheimeri Category: Celtis occidentalis Category: Celtis tenuifolia Category: Stenotaphrum secundatum

Boloria

Boloria bellona (meadow fritillary)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Viola macloskeyi Category: Viola sororia

Boloria selene (silver-bordered fritillary)

Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Achyrocline flaccida Category: Achyrocline satureioides Category: Fragaria Category: Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Category: Salix Category: Vaccinium uliginosum Category: Viola canina Category: Viola glabella Category: Viola mandshurica Category: Viola palustris Category: Viola riviniana Category: Viola selkirkii Category: Viola sororia

Cercyonis

Cercyonis pegala (common wood-nymph)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Andropogon Category: Avena fatua Category: Poa pratensis Category: Puccinellia Category: Stipa spartea Category: Tridens Category: Tridens flavus

Chlosyne

Chlosyne gorgone (gorgone checkerspot)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Ambrosia trifida Category: Aster Category: Aster lanceolatus Category: Aster novae-angliae Category: Bidens Category: Helianthus Category: Helianthus annuus Category: Helianthus argophyllus Category: Helianthus decapetalus Category: Helianthus pauciflorus Category: Helianthus petiolaris Category: Helianthus pumilus Category: Helianthus scaberrimus Category: Heliomeris multiflora Category: Iva xanthifolia Category: Linaria vulgaris Category: Lysimachia Category: Machaeranthera annua Category: Phyla lanceolata Category: Phyla nodiflora Category: Rudbeckia hirta

Chlosyne harrisii (Harris' checkerspot)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Aster lateriflorus Category: Aster umbellatus Category: Solidago Category: Verbesina alternifolia Category: Verbesina helianthoides

Chlosyne nycteis (silvery checkerspot)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Aster puniceus Category: Aster umbellatus Category: Conyza canadensis Category: Helianthus annuus Category: Helianthus decapetalus Category: Helianthus divaricatus Category: Helianthus strumosus Category: Helianthus tuberosus Category: Rudbeckia hirta Category: Rudbeckia laciniata Category: Solidago Category: Verbesina alternifolia Category: Verbesina helianthoides Category: Verbesina virginica

Cyllopsis

Cyllopsis gemma (gemmed satyr)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cynodon dactylon

Danaus

Danaus plexippus (monarch)

Egg, distant view.
Egg, close-up view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult female. Green ovals denote the location where black spots would be found if the specimen were male.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.
Comparison of the wings in ventral view of a monarch (left) and its viceroy mimic (Limenitis archippus).

Category: Apocynum androsaemifolium Category: Araujia sericifera Category: Araujia sericofera Category: Asclepias Category: Asclepias amplexicaulis Category: Asclepias asperula Category: Asclepias californica Category: Asclepias cancellata Category: Asclepias cordifolia Category: Asclepias curassavica Category: Asclepias curtissii Category: Asclepias eriocarpa Category: Asclepias erosa Category: Asclepias exaltata Category: Asclepias fascicularis Category: Asclepias hirtella Category: Asclepias humistrata Category: Asclepias incarnata Category: Asclepias lanceolata Category: Asclepias longifolia Category: Asclepias nivea Category: Asclepias obovata Category: Asclepias oenotheroides Category: Asclepias physocarpa Category: Asclepias purpurascens Category: Asclepias semilunata Category: Asclepias speciosa Category: Asclepias subulata Category: Asclepias subverticillata Category: Asclepias sullivantii Category: Asclepias syriaca Category: Asclepias tomentosa Category: Asclepias tuberosa Category: Asclepias variegata Category: Asclepias verticillata Category: Asclepias vestita Category: Asclepias viridiflora Category: Asclepias viridis Category: Calotropis gigantea Category: Calotropis procera Category: Citrus Category: Cynanchum angustifolium Category: Cynanchum laeve Category: Euphorbia Category: Euphorbia mauritanica Category: Gomphocarpus arborescens Category: Gomphocarpus fruticosus Category: Gomphocarpus grandiflorus Category: Gomphocarpus physocarpus Category: Gonolobus rostratus Category: Gossypium Category: Gossypium arboreum Category: Ipomoea Category: Manilkara grandiflora Category: Marsdenia Category: Matelea laevis Category: Matelea reticulata Category: Orbea variegata Category: Oxypetalum coeruleum Category: Oxypetalum umbellatum Category: Oxystelma pulchellum Category: Sarcostemma clausum Category: Stephanotis Category: Stephanotis floribunda

Enodia

Enodia anthedon (northern pearly-eye)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Brachyelytrum erectum Category: Chasmanthium latifolium Category: Chasmanthium latifolium Category: Elymus hystrix Category: Leersia virginica Category: Muhlenbergia Category: Panicum Category: Phalaris arundinacea Category: Saccharum Category: Schizachne purpurascens

Euphydryas

Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore checkerspot)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agalinis Category: Agalinis Category: Aureolaria flava Category: Aureolaria grandiflora Category: Aureolaria pedicularia Category: Chelone glabra Category: Chelone glabra Category: Chelone lyonii Category: Dasistoma macrophylla Category: Fraxinus Category: Fraxinus americana Category: Fraxinus americana Category: Galeopsis tetrahit Category: Lonicera canadensis Category: Lonicera ciliosa Category: Lonicera japonica Category: Lonicera oblongifolia Category: Lonicera xylosteum Category: Mimulus ringens Category: Pedicularis canadensis Category: Penstemon hirsutus Category: Penstemon hirsutus Category: Plantago lanceolata Category: Plantago lanceolata Category: Scrophularia marilandica Category: Solidago Category: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Category: Valerianella radiata Category: Verbesina alternifolia Category: Veronica Category: Viburnum Category: Viburnum dentatum Category: Viburnum dentatum Category: Viburnum dentatum Category: Wisteria

Euptoieta

Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary)

Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Boerhavia Category: Boerhavia intermedia Category: Caragana arborescens Category: Cynanchum arizonicum Category: Cynoglossum Category: Desmodium paniculatum Category: Glycine max Category: Hybanthus Category: Hybanthus verticillatus Category: Ipomoea Category: Ipomoea batatas Category: Linum Category: Linum australe Category: Linum puberulum Category: Linum rigidum Category: Linum sulcatum Category: Linum usitatissimum Category: Melolobium Category: Menispermum Category: Metastelma Category: Passiflora Category: Passiflora caerulea Category: Passiflora foetida Category: Passiflora incarnata Category: Phaseolus vulgaris Category: Plantago Category: Podophyllum Category: Podophyllum peltatum Category: Portulaca Category: Portulaca oleracea Category: Sedum Category: Sedum lanceolatum Category: Sedum pulchellum Category: Sedum telephium Category: Trifolium rubrum Category: Triticum aestivum Category: Turnera ulmifolia Category: Vigna unguiculata Category: Viola Category: Viola bicolor Category: Viola cornuta Category: Viola odorata Category: Viola sagittata Category: Viola sororia Category: Viola tricolor Category: Zea mays

Hermeuptychia

Hermeuptychia sosybius (Carolina satyr)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cynodon dactylon

Junonia

Junonia coenia (common buckeye)

Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Agalinis Category: Agalinis fasciculata Category: Agalinis homalantha Category: Agalinis maritima Category: Agalinis pinetorum Category: Agalinis purpurea Category: Agalinis strictifolia Category: Agalinis tenuifolia Category: Antirrhinum Category: Antirrhinum majus Category: Aucuba Category: Aureolaria grandiflora Category: Buchnera americana Category: Castilleja exserta Category: Castilleja lacera Category: Castilleja purpurea Category: Cymbalaria muralis Category: Diascia vigilis Category: Digitalis Category: Dyschoriste linearis Category: Kickxia spuria Category: Linaria Category: Linaria maroccana Category: Linaria vulgaris Category: Lippia Category: Maurandella antirrhiniflora Category: Mimulus Category: Mimulus guttatus? Category: Mimulus moschatus Category: Nuttallanthus canadensis Category: Penstemon azureus Category: Phyla lanceolata Category: Phyla nodiflora Category: Plantago Category: Plantago coronopus Category: Plantago erecta Category: Plantago helleri Category: Plantago lanceolata Category: Plantago major Category: Plantago rugelii Category: Plantago virginica Category: Ruellia nudiflora Category: Russelia equisetiformis Category: Sedum Category: Seymeria cassioides Category: Seymeria pectinata Category: Striga asiatica Category: Verbena lasiostachys Category: Veronica americana Category: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Libytheana

Libytheana carinenta (American snout)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Celtis iguanaea Category: Celtis laevigata Category: Celtis occidentalis Category: Celtis pallida Category: Celtis pubescens Category: Celtis tenuifolia Category: Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Limenitis

Limenitis archippus (viceroy)

Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.
Comparison of the wings in ventral view of a monarch (Danaus plexippus, left) and its viceroy mimic.

Category: Amelanchier Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Crataegus Category: Ficus benjamina Category: Ficus racemosa Category: Licania michauxii Category: Malus Category: Malus pumila Category: Morinda angustifolia Category: Morinda coreia Category: Populus Category: Populus alba Category: Populus balsamifera Category: Populus deltoides Category: Populus fremontii Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Populus heterophylla Category: Populus nigra Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Populus X jackii Category: Prunus Category: Prunus domestica Category: Prunus serotina Category: Pyrus communis Category: Quercus Category: Quercus ilicifolia Category: Quercus rubra Category: Salix Category: Salix babylonica Category: Salix caroliniana Category: Salix cordata Category: Salix discolor Category: Salix exigua Category: Salix integra Category: Salix nigra Category: Salix sericea

Limenitis arthemis (red-spotted purple)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Alnus Category: Alnus incana Category: Amelanchier Category: Betula Category: Betula alleghaniensis Category: Betula lenta Category: Carpinus caroliniana Category: Celtis Category: Crataegus Category: Cydonia oblonga Category: Fagus grandifolia Category: Malus Category: Malus pumila Category: Ostrya virginiana Category: Populus Category: Populus alba Category: Populus balsamifera Category: Populus deltoides Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Populus heterophylla Category: Populus nigra Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Prunus Category: Prunus cerasus Category: Prunus pensylvanica Category: Prunus serotina Category: Prunus virginiana Category: Pyrus Category: Pyrus communis Category: Quercus Category: Quercus ilicifolia Category: Quercus palustris Category: Quercus phellos Category: Quercus velutina Category: Ribes Category: Ribes lacustre Category: Ribes rubrum Category: Rosa Category: Salix Category: Salix bebbiana Category: Sorbus Category: Tilia americana Category: Ulmus Category: Ulmus americana Category: Vaccinium

Megisto

Megisto cymela (little wood satyr)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Dactylis glomerata Category: Eremochloa ophiuroides Category: Stenotaphrum secundatum

Nymphalis

Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak)

Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Acer Category: Alnus Category: Alnus incana Category: Betula Category: Betula alleghaniensis Category: Betula dahurica Category: Betula ermanii Category: Betula nana Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Betula pendula Category: Betula platyphylla Category: Betula pubescens Category: Celtis Category: Celtis laevigata Category: Celtis occidentalis Category: Fraxinus americana Category: Humulus lupulus Category: Morus rubra Category: Onobrychis viciifolia Category: Ostrya virginiana Category: Populus Category: Populus alba Category: Populus balsamifera Category: Populus deltoides Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Populus maximowiczii Category: Populus nigra Category: Populus tremula Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Populus x canadensis Category: Populus X jackii Category: Pyrus communis Category: Rosa Category: Rubus Category: Rumex acetosella Category: Salix Category: Salix alba Category: Salix amygdaloides Category: Salix aurita Category: Salix babylonica Category: Salix bebbiana Category: Salix candida Category: Salix caprea Category: Salix cinerea Category: Salix discolor Category: Salix exigua Category: Salix integra Category: Salix jepsonii Category: Salix lucida Category: Salix lutea Category: Salix nigra Category: Salix pentandra Category: Salix phylicifolia Category: Salix sericea Category: Salix viminalis Category: Sorbus Category: Sparganium Category: Spiraea alba Category: Tilia americana Category: Ulmus Category: Ulmus americana Category: Ulmus parvifolia Category: Ulmus pumila Category: Ulmus rubra Category: Urtica

Nymphalis vaualbum (Compton tortoiseshell)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Populus Category: Ulmus americana

Phyciodes

Phyciodes batesii (tawny crescent)

Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Aster lanceolatus Category: Aster umbellatus Category: Aster undulatus

Phyciodes cocyta (northern crescent)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Aster acuminatus Category: Aster ciliolatus Category: Aster drummondii Category: Aster dumosus Category: Aster ericoides Category: Aster laevis Category: Aster lanceolatus Category: Aster lateriflorus Category: Aster novae-angliae Category: Aster pilosus Category: Aster praealtus Category: Aster puniceus Category: Aster umbellatus Category: Cirsium Category: Erigeron peregrinus Category: Plantago Category: Sericocarpus linifolius Category: Verbesina helianthoides

Polygonia

Polygonia comma (eastern comma)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Boehmeria Category: Boehmeria cylindrica Category: Celtis occidentalis Category: Humulus Category: Humulus lupulus Category: Laportea canadensis Category: Ribes Category: Tilia Category: Ulmus Category: Ulmus americana Category: Urtica Category: Urtica dioica

Polygonia faunus (green comma)

Adult, dorsal view (left) and ventral view.

Category: Alnus Category: Alnus viridis Category: Betula Category: Betula alleghaniensis Category: Betula lenta Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Populus Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Rhododendron Category: Rhododendron occidentale Category: Ribes Category: Ribes inerme Category: Salix Category: Salix humilis Category: Ulmus americana Category: Urtica Category: Vaccinium

Polygonia interrogationis (question mark)

Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Bignonia capreolata Category: Boehmeria Category: Boehmeria cylindrica Category: Celtis Category: Celtis laevigata Category: Celtis occidentalis Category: Humulus Category: Humulus japonicus Category: Humulus lupulus Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Tilia Category: Tilia americana Category: Ulmus Category: Ulmus americana Category: Ulmus crassifolia Category: Ulmus parvifolia Category: Ulmus pumila Category: Ulmus rubra Category: Urtica dioica

Polygonia progne (gray comma)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Lozanella enantiophylla Category: Rhododendron periclymenoides Category: Ribes Category: Ribes inerme Category: Ribes leptanthum Category: Ribes missouriense Category: Ribes rotundifolium Category: Ribes uva-crispa Category: Ulmus Category: Ulmus americana

Satyrodes

Satyrodes appalachia (Appalachian brown)

Adult, posterior view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Carex lacustris Category: Carex stricta Category: Rhynchospora inundata

Satyrodes eurydice (eyed brown)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Carex bromoides Category: Carex lacustris Category: Carex lupulina Category: Carex rostrata Category: Carex stricta Category: Carex trichocarpa Category: Scirpus cyperinus

Speyeria

Speyeria aphrodite (Aphrodite fritillary)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Viola lanceolata Category: Viola nuttallii Category: Viola sagittata Category: Viola sororia Category: Viola tricolor Category: Viola x primulifolia

Speyeria atlantis (Atlantis fritillary)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Viola adunca Category: Viola betonicifolia Category: Viola canadensis Category: Viola praemorsa Category: Viola purpurea Category: Viola sororia

Speyeria cybele (great spangled fritillary)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Viola adunca Category: Viola canadensis Category: Viola palustris Category: Viola rotundifolia Category: Viola sororia

Speyeria diana (diana fritillary)

Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Vernonia noveboracensis Category: Viola cornuta Category: Viola cucullata Category: Viola sororia

Speyeria idalia (regal fritillary)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Viola lanceolata Category: Viola pedata Category: Viola pedatifida Category: Viola sororia

Vanessa

Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)

Egg, distant view.
Egg, close-up view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Boehmeria Category: Boehmeria cylindrica Category: Boehmeria nivea Category: Carduus Category: Cirsium Category: Helichrysum Category: Humulus Category: Humulus lupulus Category: Laportea canadensis Category: Parietaria Category: Parietaria floridana Category: Parietaria judaica Category: Parietaria officinalis Category: Parietaria pensylvanica Category: Pipturus albidus Category: Salix Category: Soleirolia soleirolii Category: Urtica Category: Urtica dioica Category: Urtica urens

Vanessa cardui (painted lady)

Egg, close-up view.
Egg, distant view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Achillea millefolium Category: Alcea rosea Category: Althaea Category: Althaea officinalis Category: Amsinckia Category: Amsinckia douglasiana Category: Anaphalis Category: Anaphalis margaritacea Category: Anchusa Category: Anchusa officinalis Category: Arctium Category: Arctium lappa Category: Arctium minus Category: Arctium tomentosum Category: Arctotis Category: Arctotis grandis Category: Arctotis stoechadifolia Category: Argemone mexicana Category: Argyrolobium Category: Artemisia Category: Artemisia frigida Category: Artemisia ludoviciana Category: Artemisia princeps Category: Artemisia stelleriana Category: Artemisia subdecurrens Category: Artemisia vulgaris Category: Berkheya Category: Berkheya discolor Category: Beta vulgaris Category: Blumea Category: Blumea alata Category: Boehmeria Category: Boehmeria nivea Category: Borago Category: Borago officinalis Category: Brassica rapa Category: Calendula officinalis Category: Carduus Category: Carduus acanthoides Category: Carduus crispus Category: Carduus nutans Category: Carduus pycnocephalus Category: Carlina vulgaris Category: Centaurea Category: Centaurea nigra Category: Centaurea solstitialis Category: Chenopodium album Category: Chrysanthemum Category: Cirsium Category: Cirsium acaule Category: Cirsium altissimum Category: Cirsium arvense Category: Cirsium callilepis Category: Cirsium discolor Category: Cirsium douglasii Category: Cirsium helenioides Category: Cirsium hydrophilum Category: Cirsium japonicum Category: Cirsium muticum Category: Cirsium neomexicanum Category: Cirsium occidentale Category: Cirsium scopulorum Category: Cirsium texanum Category: Cirsium undulatum Category: Cirsium vulgare Category: Citrus sinensis Category: Cnicus benedictus Category: Cryptantha Category: Cryptantha angustifolia Category: Cucumis melo Category: Cynara cardunculus Category: Cynara scolymus Category: Cynoglossum Category: Cynoglossum coeruleum ? Category: Cynoglossum lanceolatum ? Category: Debregeasia bicolor Category: Dendranthema indicum Category: Dimorphotheca Category: Dimorphotheca pluvialis Category: Dolichos Category: Echinops humilis Category: Echium Category: Echium vulgare Category: Eriodictyon californicum Category: Eryngium Category: Euchiton japonicus Category: Filago Category: Filago arvensis Category: Filago pyramidata Category: Fragaria Category: Gamochaeta pensylvanica Category: Gamochaeta purpurea Category: Gazania Category: Gerardiina Category: Girardinia Category: Girardinia diversifolia Category: Glycine Category: Glycine max Category: Gnaphalium Category: Gnaphalium affiro Category: Gnaphalium declinatum Category: Gnaphalium purpureum Category: Gossypium Category: Helianthella Category: Helianthus annuus Category: Helianthus argophyllus Category: Helichrysum Category: Ipomoea batatas Category: Lablab purpureus Category: Lactuca sativa Category: Lantana Category: Laportea Category: Laportea allidens Category: Lappula Category: Lupinus Category: Lupinus albifrons Category: Lupinus arboreus Category: Lupinus argenteus Category: Lupinus articus Category: Lupinus bicolor Category: Lupinus formosus Category: Lupinus perennis Category: Lupinus succulentus Category: Madia Category: Madia sativa Category: Malva Category: Malva moschata Category: Malva neglecta Category: Malva nicaeensis Category: Malva parviflora Category: Malva rotundifolia Category: Malva sylvestris Category: Malva verticillata Category: Malvella leprosa Category: Medicago sativa Category: Mentha Category: Mentha spicata Category: Myosotis Category: Nicotiana Category: Nicotiana glauca Category: Nonea Category: Obetia radula Category: Onopordum acanthium Category: Oryza sativa Category: Parietaria Category: Parthenium argentatum Category: Pentzia Category: Petunia Category: Phacelia campanularia Category: Phaseolus Category: Phaseolus vulgaris Category: Pisum sativum Category: Plantago lanceolata Category: Plantago major Category: Prunus Category: Raphanus sativus Category: Rhamnus Category: Ricinus Category: Ricinus communis Category: Rumex Category: Salvia Category: Senecio Category: Senecio cineraria Category: Senecio maritima Category: Serratula Category: Silybum marianum Category: Smilax china Category: Solanum tuberosum Category: Soleirolia Category: Sonchus Category: Sphaeralcea ambigua Category: Stachys floridana Category: Stoebe Category: Symphytum officinale Category: Symphytum X uplandicum Category: Tanacetum Category: Trifolium Category: Ulmus americana Category: Ulmus davidiana Category: Urtica Category: Urtica dioica Category: Urtica massaica Category: Urtica thunbergiana Category: Urtica urens Category: Wyethia glabra Category: Xanthium Category: Xanthium spinosum Category: Xanthium strumarium Category: Zea mays Category: Zornia diphylla

Vanessa virginiensis (American painted lady)

Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Achyrocline flaccida Category: Achyrocline satureioides Category: Alcea rosea Category: Anaphalis Category: Anaphalis margaritacea Category: Antennaria Category: Antennaria howellii Category: Antennaria parvifolia Category: Antennaria plantaginifolia Category: Antirrhinum Category: Arctium lappa Category: Artemisia Category: Artemisia absinthium Category: Artemisia douglasiana Category: Artemisia ludoviciana Category: Artemisia stelleriana Category: Aster Category: Carduus Category: Cirsium arvense Category: Diospyros Category: Echium vulgare Category: Gamochaeta americana Category: Gamochaeta purpurea Category: Gnaphalium Category: Gnaphalium obtusifolium Category: Gnaphalium palustre Category: Gnaphalium stachydifolium Category: Helianthus Category: Helichrysum bracteatum Category: Impatiens capensis Category: Lupinus Category: Malva Category: Myosotis Category: Onopordum acanthium Category: Pseudognaphalium bicolor Category: Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Category: Senecio Category: Senecio cineraria Category: Senecio maritima Category: Silybum marianum Category: Urtica Category: Vernonia

Family Papilionidae (swallowtails)

Battus

Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail)

Eggs and early instar caterpillar.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Aristolochia californica Category: Aristolochia erecta Category: Aristolochia littoralis Category: Aristolochia macrophylla Category: Aristolochia micrantha Category: Aristolochia odoratissima Category: Aristolochia orbicularis Category: Aristolochia reticulata Category: Aristolochia serpentaria Category: Aristolochia tomentosa Category: Aristolochia watsonii Category: Asarum Category: Asarum canadense Category: Calystegia longipes? Category: Ipomoea aculeata Category: Polygonum Category: Polygonum convolvulus Category: Polygonum hydropiper Category: Polygonum scandens

Papilio

Papilio canadensis (Canadian tiger swallowtail)

Caterpillar, green variant.
Caterpillar, brown variant.
Adult, dorsal view.

Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Betula Category: Prunus serotina

Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail)

Egg, close-up view.
Caterpillar.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amyris elemifera Category: Casimiroa edulis Category: Choisya dumosa Category: Citrus aurantium Category: Citrus limon Category: Citrus maxima Category: Citrus sinensis Category: Dictamnus albus Category: Humulus lupulus Category: Nyssa sylvatica Category: Persea borbonia Category: Piper Category: Populus nigra Category: Ptelea trifoliata Category: Ruta graveolens Category: Staphylea trifolia Category: Zanthoxylum americanum Category: Zanthoxylum caribaeum Category: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Category: Zanthoxylum fagara Category: Zanthoxylum hirsutum

Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail)

Eggs, distant view.
Egg, close-up view.
Early instar caterpillar.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult male, ventral view of wings.
Adult female, dorsal view of wings.
Adult female dark morph, mimic of the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor), dorsal view.
Adult female dark morph, ventral view of wings.

Category: Acer Category: Alnus Category: Alnus incana Category: Amelanchier Category: Amelanchier canadensis Category: Betula Category: Betula alleghaniensis Category: Betula lenta Category: Betula papyrifera Category: Betula pubescens Category: Blechum Category: Carpinus caroliniana Category: Carya Category: Catalpa bignonioides Category: Cinnamomum camphora Category: Cirsium vulgare Category: Corylus Category: Crataegus Category: Cydonia oblonga Category: Fraxinus Category: Fraxinus americana Category: Fraxinus caroliniana Category: Fraxinus nigra Category: Fraxinus pennsylvanica Category: Lindera benzoin Category: Liriodendron Category: Liriodendron tulipifera Category: Magnolia Category: Magnolia acuminata Category: Magnolia virginiana Category: Malus Category: Malus pumila Category: Populus Category: Populus balsamifera Category: Populus grandidentata Category: Populus tremuloides Category: Prunus Category: Prunus americana Category: Prunus cerasus Category: Prunus domestica Category: Prunus ilicifolia Category: Prunus pensylvanica Category: Prunus persica Category: Prunus serotina Category: Prunus virginiana Category: Ptelea Category: Ptelea trifoliata Category: Quercus velutina Category: Salix Category: Salix boothii Category: Sassafras albidum Category: Sorbus Category: Sorbus americana Category: Styrax americanus Category: Syringa Category: Syringa vulgaris Category: Tilia Category: Tilia americana Category: Ulmus Category: Zanthoxylum americanum

Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail)

Eggs, distant view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Aegopodium Category: Anethum Category: Anethum graveolens Category: Angelica Category: Angelica ampla Category: Angelica atropurpurea Category: Angelica venenosa Category: Apium Category: Apium graveolens Category: Berula erecta Category: Brassica oleracea Category: Carum carvi Category: Cicuta Category: Cicuta bulbifera Category: Cicuta douglasii Category: Cicuta maculata Category: Conium Category: Conium maculatum Category: Cosmos Category: Cryptotaenia canadensis Category: Cymopterus panamintensis Category: Daucus Category: Daucus carota Category: Daucus dioica Category: Daucus pusillus Category: Dictamnus Category: Dictamnus albus Category: Eryngium cuneifolium Category: Foeniculum Category: Foeniculum vulgare Category: Harbouria trachypleura Category: Heracleum Category: Heracleum maximum Category: Levisticum officinale Category: Ligusticum Category: Ligusticum scoticum Category: Lomatium Category: Magnolia Category: Magnolia acuminata Category: Magnolia virginiana Category: Musineon tenuifolium Category: Osmorhiza claytonii Category: Osmorhiza longistylis Category: Oxypolis canbyi Category: Oxypolis filiformis Category: Pastinaca Category: Pastinaca sativa Category: Petroselinum Category: Petroselinum crispum Category: Ptilimnium capillaceum Category: Ruta graveolens Category: Sanicula odorata Category: Sium suave Category: Solidago Category: Spananthe paniculata Category: Spermolepis divaricata Category: Taenidia Category: Taenidia integerrima Category: Tauschia arguta Category: Tauschia parishii Category: Thamnosma Category: Thamnosma montana Category: Thamnosma texana Category: Thaspium barbinode Category: Torilis Category: Zanthoxylum americanum Category: Zizia

Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail)

Early instar caterpillar.
Caterpillar, green variant.
Caterpillar, brown variant.
Chrysalis.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cercis canadensis Category: Cinnamomum camphora Category: Lindera Category: Lindera benzoin Category: Lindera melissifolia Category: Liriodendron tulipifera Category: Magnolia Category: Magnolia virginiana Category: Persea Category: Persea borbonia Category: Photinia arbutifolia Category: Prunus persica Category: Prunus serotina Category: Sassafras Category: Sassafras albidum Category: Syringa vulgaris Category: Zanthoxylum Category: Zanthoxylum americanum Category: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Protographium

Protographium marcellus (zebra swallowtail)

Egg, green variant (left) and brown variant.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis, brown variant.
Chrysalis, green variant.
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult female laying eggs, ventral view of wings.

Category: Annona glabra Category: Asimina Category: Asimina angustifolia Category: Asimina incana Category: Asimina obovata Category: Asimina parviflora Category: Asimina reticulata Category: Asimina triloba

Family Pieridae

Anthocharis

Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip)

Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Colias

Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Arachis hypogaea Category: Astragalus Category: Astragalus alpinus Category: Astragalus bisulcatus Category: Astragalus crassicarpus Category: Astragalus crotalariae Category: Astragalus drummondii Category: Astragalus flexuosus Category: Astragalus plattensis Category: Astragalus racemosus Category: Astragalus trichopodus Category: Astragalus whitneyi Category: Baptisia Category: Cassia Category: Coronilla Category: Cucumis melo Category: Glycine max Category: Glycyrrhiza lepidota Category: Lathyrus jepsonii Category: Lathyrus lanszwertii Category: Lespedeza Category: Lotus crassifolius Category: Lotus grandiflorus Category: Lotus scoparius Category: Lotus strigosus Category: Lotus unifoliatus Category: Lotus wrangelianus Category: Lupinus bicolor Category: Lupinus minimus Category: Lupinus perennis Category: Lupinus succulentus Category: Medicago Category: Medicago lupulina Category: Medicago polymorpha Category: Medicago sativa Category: Melilotus officinalis Category: Phaseolus Category: Pisum sativum Category: Psoralea Category: Sesbania herbacea Category: Thermopsis rhombifolia Category: Trifolium Category: Trifolium longipes Category: Trifolium nanum Category: Trifolium pratense Category: Trifolium reflexum Category: Trifolium repens Category: Trifolium stoloniferum Category: Trifolium willdenowii Category: Trifolium wormskioldii Category: Vicia Category: Vicia americana Category: Vicia cracca Category: Vicia sativa Category: Vicia villosa

Colias interior (pink-edged sulphur)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Vaccinium angustifolium Category: Vaccinium cespitosum Category: Vaccinium corymbosum Category: Vaccinium crassifolium Category: Vaccinium myrtilloides Category: Vaccinium pallidum

Colias philodice (clouded sulphur)

Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Astragalus Category: Astragalus adsurgens Category: Astragalus crassicarpus Category: Astragalus miser Category: Astragalus plattensis Category: Baptisia tinctoria Category: Caragana Category: Cytisus Category: Glycine max Category: Hedysarum boreale Category: Lathyrus lanszwertii Category: Lotus Category: Lupinus perennis Category: Medicago Category: Medicago polymorpha Category: Medicago sativa Category: Melilotus officinalis Category: Pisum sativum Category: Robinia pseudoacacia Category: Thermopsis rhombifolia Category: Trifolium Category: Trifolium aureum Category: Trifolium hybridum Category: Trifolium longipes Category: Trifolium pratense Category: Trifolium repens Category: Vicia americana Category: Vicia cracca

Euchloe

Euchloe olympia (Olympia marble)

Adult, left half in dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Arabis glabra Category: Arabis laevigata Category: Arabis lyrata Category: Arabis missouriensis Category: Arabis serotina Category: Boechera stricta Category: Descurainia pinnata Category: Sisymbrium officinale

Eurema

Eurema lisa (little yellow)

Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult female, ventral view of wings.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Amphicarpaea Category: Amphicarpaea bracteata Category: Cassia Category: Chamaecrista fasciculata Category: Chamaecrista nictitans Category: Desmanthus Category: Glycine max Category: Mimosa pudica Category: Senna marilandica Category: Senna occidentalis Category: Trifolium

Eurema nicippe (sleepy orange)

Egg, distant view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalides (center).
Adult, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Cassia Category: Chamaecrista fasciculata Category: Chamaecrista nictitans Category: Senna armata Category: Senna corymbosa Category: Senna covesii Category: Senna hirsuta Category: Senna lindheimeriana Category: Senna marilandica Category: Senna obtusifolia Category: Senna occidentalis Category: Trifolium

Phoebis

Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur)

Caterpillar.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult female, ventral view of wings.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult male, ventral view of wings.

Category: Casearia sylvestris Category: Cassia alata Category: Cassia biflora Category: Cassia ferruginea Category: Cassia fistula Category: Cassia occidentalis Category: Chamaecrista chamaecristoides Category: Chamaecrista fasciculata Category: Chamaecrista nictitans Category: Crotalaria agatiflora Category: Phaseolus Category: Senna alata Category: Senna armata Category: Senna bicapsularis Category: Senna corymbosa Category: Senna covesii Category: Senna hirsuta Category: Senna marilandica

Pieris

Pieris rapae (cabbage white)

Eggs, distant view.
Egg, close-up view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Chrysalis.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Alliaria petiolata Category: Arabis alpina Category: Arabis glabra Category: Armoracia rusticana Category: Aurinia saxatilis Category: Barbarea orthoceras Category: Barbarea verna Category: Barbarea vulgaris Category: Biscutella auriculata Category: Brassica alboglabra Category: Brassica caulorapa Category: Brassica chinensis Category: Brassica juncea Category: Brassica napus Category: Brassica nigra Category: Brassica oleracea Category: Brassica parachinensis Category: Brassica rapa Category: Cakile edentula Category: Capparis sandwichiana Category: Capparis spinosa Category: Capsella bursa-pastoris Category: Cardamine diphylla Category: Cardamine pratensis Category: Caulanthus cooperi Category: Cleome serrulata Category: Cleome spinosa Category: Crateva adansonii Category: Descurainia sophia Category: Diplotaxis virgata Category: Eruca vesicaria Category: Erysimum capitatum Category: Hesperis matronalis Category: Hirschfeldia incana Category: Lepidium campestre Category: Lepidium densiflorum Category: Lepidium draba Category: Lepidium latifolium Category: Lepidium virginicum Category: Lobularia maritima Category: Lunaria annua Category: Matthiola incana Category: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Category: Nicotiana tabacum Category: Raphanus raphanistrum Category: Raphanus sativus Category: Reseda odorata Category: Rorippa aquatica Category: Rorippa curvisiliqua Category: Rorippa indica Category: Rorippa islandica Category: Rorippa microphylla Category: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Category: Rorippa sylvestris Category: Sinapis alba Category: Sinapis arvensis Category: Sisymbrium altissimum Category: Sisymbrium irio Category: Sisymbrium officinale Category: Streptanthus tortuosus Category: Thlaspi arvense Category: Tropaeolum Category: Tropaeolum majus

Pieris virginiensis (West Virginia white)

Adult, ventral view of wings.

Category: Arabis

Category: Brassica

Category: Cardamine concatenata

Category: Cardamine diphylla

Category: Cardamine pensylvanica

Pontia

Pontia protodice (checkered white)

Egg, close-up view.
Caterpillar.
Chrysalis.
Adult female, dorsal view.
Adult female, ventral view of wings.
Adult male, dorsal view.
Adult female, ventral view of wings.

Category: Arabis glabra Category: Boechera stricta Category: Barbarea vulgaris Category: Brassica nigra Category: Brassica oleracea Category: Brassica rapa Category: Cakile edentula Category: Capsella bursa-pastoris Category: Caulanthus Category: Cleome lutea Category: Cleome serrulata Category: Descurainia pinnata Category: Descurainia sophia Category: Guillenia lasiophylla Category: Hirschfeldia incana Category: Lepidium densiflorum Category: Lepidium draba Category: Lepidium fremontii Category: Lepidium lasiocarpum Category: Lepidium latifolium Category: Lepidium virginicum Category: Lobularia maritima Category: Malcolmia africana Category: Physaria Category: Raphanus sativus Category: Reseda Category: Rorippa curvisiliqua Category: Selenia aurea Category: Sinapis arvensis Category: Sisymbrium altissimum Category: Sisymbrium irio Category: Sisymbrium officinale Category: Thelypodiopsis elegans Category: Thlaspi arvense Category: Wislizenia refracta

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