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butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
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Family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
– skippers


Subfamily Pyrginae – pyrgine skippers

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Epargyreus clarus ''Epargyreus clarus'', the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America. occurs in fields, gardens, and at forest edges and ranges from southern Canada thro ...
'' – silver-spotted skipper *''
Urbanus proteus The long-tailed skipper (''Urbanus proteus'') is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the Eastern United States and southern Ontario. It cannot live in areas ...
'' – long-tailed skipper *'' Achalarus lyciades'' – hoary edge *'' Thorybes bathyllus'' – southern cloudywing *'' Thorybes pylades'' – northern cloudywing *'' Staphylus hayhurstii'' – Hayhurst's scallopwing *'' Erynnis icelus'' – dreamy duskywing *'' Erynnis brizo'' – sleepy duskywing *'' Erynnis juvenalis'' – Juvenal's duskywing *'' Erynnis propertius'' – propertius duskywing *'' Erynnis horatius'' – Horace's duskywing *''
Erynnis martialis ''Erynnis martialis'', the mottled duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in most of the eastern United States and in southern Ontario, and southeastern Manitoba.COSEWIC. 2012COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on th ...
'' – mottled duskywing *'' Erynnis pacuvius'' – Pacuvius duskywing *'' Erynnis zarucco'' – Zarucco duskywing *''
Erynnis funeralis ''Erynnis funeralis'', the funereal duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, south to Argentina and Chile. Strays can be found north up to northern Illinois, north ...
'' – funereal duskywing *''
Erynnis lucilius ''Erynnis lucilius'', the columbine duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Quebec to Manitoba and south to the northeastern United States.Erynnis baptisiae ''Erynnis baptisiae'', the wild indigo duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern New England and southern Ontario west to central Nebraska, south to Georgia, the Gulf Coast, and south-centra ...
'' – wild indigo duskywing *''
Erynnis afranius ''Erynnis afranius'', the afranius duskywing or bald duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from northern Mexico through the central United States to southern Canada in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manit ...
'' – Afranius duskywing *''
Erynnis persius ''Erynnis persius'', the Persius duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae that occurs in North America. It is a threatened species in Michigan and is protected by law. The subspecies ''Erynnis persius persius'' is listed as endangered ...
'' – Persius duskywing *''
Pyrgus centaureae The northern grizzled skipper (''Pyrgus centaureae'') is a species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae) with a range in North America from the subarctic to the north, New Mexico to the south, and the Appalachian Mountains to the east. ...
'' – grizzled skipper *''
Pyrgus ruralis ''Pyrgus ruralis'', the two-banded checkered skipper, is a species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae). It is found from southern British Columbia and the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, with populations south to central California, Nevada, ...
'' – two-banded checkered skipper *''
Pyrgus scriptura ''Pyrgus scriptura'', the small checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found from the Texas to Montana, southeastern Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan.Pyrgus communis ''Burnsius communis'', the common checkered-skipper, formerly known as ''Pyrgus communis'', is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is known as the frequently seen Pyrginae species in the northern United States by collectors a ...
'' – common checkered skipper *''
Pholisora catullus ''Pholisora catullus'', the common sootywing or roadside rambler, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the central parts of the United States, south to central Mexico. Strays may colonize up to southern British Columbia, n ...
'' – common sootywing


Subfamily Heteropterinae – intermediate skippers

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Carterocephalus palaemon ''Carterocephalus palaemon'', the chequered skipper or arctic skipper, not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This butterfly can live in grasslands. The upperside of the butte ...
'' – Arctic skipper


Subfamily

Hesperiinae Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...
– branded skippers

*'' Lerema accius'' – clouded skipper *'' Ancyloxypha numitor'' – least skipper *'' Oarisma poweshiek'' – Poweshiek skipperling *'' Oarisma garita'' – Garita skipperling *''
Thymelicus lineola __NOTOC__ ''Thymelicus lineola'', known in Europe as the Essex skipper and in North America as the European skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm, it is very similar in appearance to ...
'' – European skipper *'' Hylephila phyleus'' – fiery skipper *'' Hesperia uncas'' – uncas skipper *'' Hesperia juba'' – juba skipper *''
Hesperia comma ''Hesperia comma'', the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is known as silver-spotted skipper in Europe and common branded skipper in North America where the butterfly ''Epargyreus cla ...
'' – common branded skipper *'' Hesperia colorado'' – western branded skipper *'' Hesperia assiniboia'' – plains skipper *''
Hesperia ottoe ''Hesperia ottoe'', the Ottoe skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the central U.S. but has been recorded in Canada only in a small area of southern Manitoba.Hesperia leonardus ''Hesperia leonardus'', the Leonard's skipper,Leonard's Skipper
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'' – Leonard's skipper *''
Hesperia pahaska ''Hesperia pahaska'', the Pahaska skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from North America in a narrow belt of states extending from Texas to North Dakota, just reaching Canada in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
'' – Pahaska skipper *''
Hesperia dacotae ''Hesperia dacotae'', the Dakota skipper, is a small to medium-sized North American butterfly. It has a wingspan of approximately one inch and the antennae form a hook. The male's wings are a tawny-orange to brown on the forewings with a prominen ...
'' – Dakota skipper *''
Hesperia sassacus ''Hesperia sassacus'', the Indian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Taxonomy The following subspecies are recognised: *''Hesperia sassacus sassacus'' Harris, 1862 *''Hesperia sassacus manitoboides'' (Fletcher, 1889) *''Hesperia s ...
'' – Indian skipper *''
Hesperia nevada ''Hesperia'', the branded skippers, is a Holarctic genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. Most species are endemic to North America, ''Hesperia comma'' is widespread throughout the region. ''H. florinda'' is endemic to temperate ...
'' – Nevada skipper *'' Polites peckius'' – Peck's skipper *'' Polites sabuleti'' – sandhill skipper *'' Polites draco'' – draco skipper *'' Polites themistocles'' – tawny-edged skipper *'' Polites origenes'' – crossline skipper *'' Polites mystic'' – long dash skipper *'' Polites rhesus'' – rhesus skipper *''
Polites sonora ''Polites sonora'', the Sonoran skipper or western long dash,
'' – sonoran skipper *'' Polites vibex'' – whirlabout *'' Wallengrenia egeremet'' – northern broken-dash *'' Pompeius verna'' – little glassywing *''
Atalopedes campestris ''Atalopedes campestris'' (called sachem in the United States and Canada) is a small grass skipper butterfly. It has a wingspan of . Male is orange, edged with brown, and has a large brown-black stigma. Female is darker with lighter markings in t ...
'' – sachem *'' Anatrytone logan'' – Delaware skipper *''
Ochlodes sylvanoides ''Ochlodes sylvanoides'', the woodland skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California, east to Montana, Colorado and Arizona. The wingspan is 25–32 mm. The ...
'' – woodland skipper *'' Poanes massasoit'' – mulberry wing *''
Poanes hobomok The Hobomok skipper (''Lon hobomok'') is a North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Description This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings. The upper side of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown. ...
'' – Hobomok skipper *''
Poanes zabulon The Zabulon skipper (''Lon zabulon'') (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipperJames A. Scott (1986). ''The Butterflies of North America''. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. ) is a North American butterfly first described by the ...
'' – Zabulon skipper *''
Poanes viator ''Poanes viator'', the broad-winged skipper, is a skipper butterfly found in North America. Distribution It ranges from Texas to Florida and along the east coast to Massachusetts and west to southern Quebec and Ontario to the Dakotas.Jim P. Br ...
'' – broad-winged skipper *''
Euphyes dion ''Euphyes dion'', the Dion skipper or Alabama skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in scattered populations along the Atlantic coast of North America, from western Massachusetts and south-eastern New York sout ...
'' – Dion skipper *''
Euphyes dukesi ''Euphyes dukesi'', or Dukes' skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It lives in the eastern United States and in a small portion of southern Ontario, Canada, in three distinct populations. Preferred habitats are shaded wetlands (wo ...
'' – Dukes' skipper *'' Euphyes conspicua'' – black dash *'' Euphyes bimacula'' – two-spotted skipper *''
Euphyes vestris ''Euphyes vestris'', the dun skipper, sedge witch or dun sedge skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta, south to Florida, the Gul ...
'' – dun skipper *'' Atrytonopsis hianna'' – dusted skipper *'' Amblyscirtes simius'' – simius roadside skipper *'' Amblyscirtes oslari'' – Oslar's roadside skipper *'' Amblyscirtes hegon'' – pepper and salt skipper *'' Amblyscirtes vialis'' – common roadside skipper *''
Calpodes ethlius ''Calpodes ethlius'', the Brazilian skipper, larger canna leafroller or canna skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from southern Florida and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico, and ...
'' – Brazilian skipper *'' Panoquina ocola'' – ocola skipper


Family

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...
– parnassians and swallowtails


Subfamily

Parnassiinae The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across ...
– parnassians

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Parnassius eversmanni ''Parnassius eversmanni'', or Eversmann's parnassian, is a high-altitude butterfly which is found in eastern Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Alaska, and the Yukon. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (''Parnassius'') of the swallowtail family, Papi ...
'' – Eversmann's parnassian *''
Parnassius clodius ''Parnassius clodius'' is a white butterfly which is found in the United States and Canada. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (''Parnassius'') of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). Its elevation range is . Description Note: The wing ...
'' – Clodius parnassian *''
Parnassius phoebus ''Parnassius phoebus'', known as the Phoebus Apollo or small Apollo, is a butterfly species of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, found in the Palearctic and North America. ''P. phoebus'' is found in the Alps, Urals, Siberia, Kazak ...
'' – Phoebus parnassian *''
Parnassius smintheus ''Parnassius smintheus'', the Rocky Mountain parnassianJim P. Brock and K. Kaufman. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York, NY:Houghton Mifflin, 2003. or Rocky Mountain apollo, is a high-altitude butterfly found in the Rock ...
'' – Rocky Mountain parnassian


Subfamily

Papilioninae Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly family Papilionidae. Papilioninae are found worldwide, but most species are distributed in the tropics. There are roughly 480 species, of which 27 occur in North America. Tribes This subfamily consis ...
– swallowtails

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Battus philenor ''Battus philenor'', the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, Retrieved April 19, 2018. is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. They are found in many d ...
'' – pipevine swallowtail *''
Eurytides marcellus ''Eurytides marcellus'', the zebra swallowtail, (formerly listed under genera ''Protographium'', ''Iphiclides'', '' Graphium'' and ''Papilio'' by some authorities) is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern ...
'' – zebra swallowtail *''
Papilio polyxenes ''Papilio polyxenes'', the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey. An extremely similar-appearing spec ...
'' – black swallowtail *'' Papilio brevicauda'' – short-tailed swallowtail *''
Papilio machaon ''Papilio machaon'', the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this speci ...
'' – Old World swallowtail *'' Papilio zelicaon'' – anise swallowtail *''
Papilio indra ''Papilio indra'', the Indra swallowtail, short-tailed black swallowtail, or cliff swallowtail, is a western North American butterfly in the family Papilionidae. Description The Indra swallowtail is a black swallowtail similar in coloration to ...
'' – Indra swallowtail *''
Papilio cresphontes The giant swallowtail (''Papilio cresphontes'') is the largest butterfly in North America. It is abundant through many parts of eastern North America; populations from western North America and down into Panama are now (as of 2014) considered t ...
'' – giant swallowtail *''
Papilio glaucus ''Papilio glaucus'', the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, and is common in m ...
'' – eastern tiger swallowtail *''
Papilio canadensis ''Papilio canadensis'', the Canadian tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was once classified as a subspecies of ''Papilio glaucus''. Description Adult The wingspan of this species is 67 to 80 mm. It ...
'' – Canadian tiger swallowtail *''
Papilio rutulus ''Papilio rutulus'', the western tiger swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the ''Papilionidae'' family. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. Like the other tiger swallowtails, the western tiger swallowt ...
'' – western tiger swallowtail *'' Papilio multicaudatus'' – two-tailed swallowtail *''
Papilio eurymedon ''Papilio eurymedon'', the pale swallowtail or pallid swallowtail, is a relatively common swallowtail butterfly found throughout much of the western North America. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found on the ...
'' – pale swallowtail *''
Papilio troilus ''Papilio troilus'', the spicebush swallowtail or green-clouded butterfly, is a common black swallowtail butterfly found in North America."Simply Butterflies," Accessed March 17, 2011, http://www.simplybutterflies.com/Backyard_Butterflies.html It ...
'' – spicebush swallowtail


Family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
– whites and sulphurs


Subfamily

Pierinae The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites. Species It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes list ...
– whites, marbles, and orangetips

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Neophasia menapia ''Neophasia menapia'', the pine white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the western United States and in southern British Columbia, Canada.Pontia beckerii'' – Becker's white *'' Pontia sisymbrii'' – spring white *'' Pontia protodice'' – checkered white *''
Pontia occidentalis ''Pontia occidentalis'', the western white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Western North America. The wingspan is 38 to 53 millimeters. The host plants are from the mustard or cabbage family, Brassicaceae Brassicaceae ...
'' – western white *''
Pieris angelika ''Pieris angelika'' (Arctic white) is a cold-climate butterfly of the family Pieridae. Its main range is the Yukon, Northwest Territories, northwestern British Columbia, and Alaska. Its taxonomic name may change in the future, because it was des ...
'' – Arctic white *''
Pieris marginalis ''Pieris marginalis'' (margined white) is a butterfly species seen across the coast of Western North America as indicated by data collected by eButterfly. Life History Traits ''Pieris marginalis'' (margined white) is a canopy generalist who f ...
'' – margined white *''
Pieris oleracea ''Pieris oleracea'', or more commonly known as the mustard white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae native to a large part of Canada and the northeastern United States. The nearly all-white butterfly is often found in wooded areas or open pla ...
'' – mustard white *''
Pieris virginiensis ''Pieris virginiensis'', the West Virginia white, is a butterfly found in North America in the Great Lakes states, along the Appalachians from New England to Alabama, and in southern Ontario. They are typically found in moist deciduous forests. F ...
'' – West Virginia white *''
Pieris rapae ''Pieris rapae'' is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, on several continents as the small ca ...
'' – cabbage white *''
Ascia monuste ''Ascia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Ascia monuste'', commonly known as the great southern white, In this species the sexes may differ with the female being either ...
'' – great southern white *''
Euchloe ausonides ''Euchloe ausonides'', the large marble or creamy marblewing, is a species of butterfly that occurs in western North America. It lays eggs on the terminal flower buds of a variety of plants in the mustard family, including introduced Eurasian spe ...
'' – large marble *'' Euchloe naina'' – green marble *''
Euchloe creusa ''Euchloe creusa'', the northern marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in northern North America.
'' – northern marble *'' Euchloe lotta'' – desert marble *''
Euchloe olympia Dangers To Olympia Marble ''Euchloe olympia'', the Olympia marble, is a butterfly in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relatio ...
'' – Olympia marble *''
Anthocharis sara ''Anthocharis sara'', the Sara Orangetip is one of three species in the Sara Orangetip complex. It is a California endemic butterfly with populations extending from Baja California into extreme southwest Oregon. The common name, Pacific Orangeti ...
'' – Pacific orangetip *'' Anthocharis stella'' – Stella orangetip


Subfamily

Coliadinae Coliadinae, the sulphurs or yellows, are a subfamily of butterflies with about 300 described species. There are 36 species in North America, where they range from Mexico to northern Canada. In most species, males are easily distinguished from f ...
– sulphurs

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Colias philodice ''Colias philodice'', the common sulphur or clouded sulphur, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae. Description This species is a typical member of the genus. Both genders typically have pale yellow wings a ...
'' – clouded sulphur *''
Colias eurytheme ''Colias eurytheme'', the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of " clouded yellows and sulphurs" sub ...
'' – orange sulphur *''
Colias occidentalis ''Colias occidentalis'', the western sulphur or golden sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Pacific Northwest and parts of British Columbia.Colias alexandra ''Colias alexandra'', the Queen Alexandra's sulphur, Alexandra sulphur, or ultraviolet sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes Alaska to the Northwest Territories and south to Arizona and N ...
'' – Queen Alexandra's sulphur *''
Colias christina ''Colias christina'', the Christina sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes the Yukon and Northwest Territories south through British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to Wyoming, Monta ...
'' – Christina sulphur *'' Colias meadii'' – Mead's sulphur *''
Colias johanseni ''Colias johanseni'', the Johansen's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. It is endemic to Nunavut, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from th ...
'' – Johansen's sulphur *''
Colias hecla ''Colias hecla'', the northern clouded yellow or hecla sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. In Europe, it is found in the northern part of Norway, Sweden and Finland up to heights of 900 m. It is also found in Greenland, Alaska, ...
'' – hecla sulphur *''
Colias tyche ''Colias tyche'', the Booth's sulphur or pale Arctic clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Baffin Island west along the Hudson Bay and arctic coasts of the Nunavut and Northwest Territories mainland and the sout ...
'' – Booth's sulphur *''
Colias canadensis ''Colias canadensis'', the Canada sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. It has only been found from Alaska and Northwest Territories, to northern British Columbia and Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirte ...
'' – Canada sulphur *''
Colias nastes ''Colias nastes'', the Labrador sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. In Europe, it is found in the north of Norway and Sweden and on rare occasions in northern Finland. It is also found in North America, specifically in Alaska, Canada, ...
'' – Labrador sulphur *'' Colias gigantea'' – giant sulphur *'' Colias pelidne'' – pelidne sulphur *'' Colias interior'' – pink-edged sulphur *'' Colias chippewa'' – heath sulphur *''
Colias palaeno ''Colias palaeno'', known by the common names moorland clouded yellow, palaeno sulphur, and pale Arctic clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Subspecies Subspecies include: – northern North America *''Colias palaeno chippewa'' ...
'' – Palaeno sulphur *''
Zerene cesonia ''Zerene cesonia'', the southern dogface, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae (until recently the species was sometimes placed in the related genus ''Colias'' instead of ''Zerene''). Description ...
'' – southern dogface *''
Phoebis sennae ''Phoebis sennae'', the cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Americas. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur (''Anteos maerula''), which has angled wings, statira sulphur ( ...
'' – cloudless sulphur *''
Phoebis philea ''Phoebis philea'', the orange-barred sulphur, is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean. The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm.Eurema mexicanum'' – Mexican yellow *'' Eurema lisa'' – little yellow *''
Eurema nicippe ''Eurema nicippe'', the sleepy orange, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is also found in the West Indies, Costa Rica and Belize. Description The sleepy orange is a bright orange butterfly with the upperside of the wing ...
'' – sleepy orange *''
Nathalis iole ''Nathalis iole'', the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Description This species is the smallest North American pierid. A rare population, known from Homestead (Smith et al., 1994), is said ...
'' – dainty sulphur


Family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
– harvesters, coppers, hairstreaks, and blues


Subfamily

Miletinae Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous (do not feed on plants). The eco ...
– harvesters

*'' Feniseca tarquinius'' – harvester


Subfamily

Lycaeninae Lycaeninae, the coppers, are a subfamily of the gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). The relationships of the Lycaenidae are not fully resolved. Sometimes the Polyommatinae and Theclinae are included in the Lycaeninae; in particular the The ...
– coppers

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Lycaena phlaeas ''Lycaena phlaeas'', the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard (2001), its specific name ''phlaeas'' is said to be derived eithe ...
'' – American copper *'' Lycaena cuprea'' – lustrous copper *'' Lycaena dione'' – grey copper *''
Lycaena hyllus ''Lycaena hyllus'', the bronze copper, is a butterfly of the lycaenids family found in North America.Jim P. Brock and K. Kaufman. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York, NY:Houghton Mifflin, 2003.Lycaena rubidus ''Lycaena rubidus'', the ruddy copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the western mountains of North America.Lycaena heteronea The blue copper, also known as ''Lycaena heteronea'', is an American butterfly that belongs to the gossamer-winged family. The butterfly is named so because of the bright blue hue of the upper side of the males' wings. Females are brown on thei ...
'' – blue copper *''
Lycaena epixanthe ''Lycaena epixanthe'', the bog copper or cranberry-bog copper, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Adults like to sip drops of dew clinging to leaves and almost exclusively nectar on their host plant, cranberries. Because o ...
'' – bog copper *'' Lycaena dorcas'' – dorcas copper *'' Lycaena dospassosi'' – Maritime copper *''
Lycaena helloides ''Lycaena helloides'', the purplish copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from the Great Lakes area to British Columbia, south to Baja California. The wingspan is 30–38 mm. The upper surface of th ...
'' – purplish copper *''
Lycaena nivalis ''Lycaena nivalis'', the lilac-bordered copper or nivalis copper,Lycaena mariposa ''Lycaena mariposa'', the mariposa copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Canada and the United States.Theclinae The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...
– hairstreaks

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Satyrium behrii ''Satyrium behrii'', the Behr's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from western Texas north and west through New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California to British Columbia. The wingspan i ...
'' – Behr's hairstreak *''
Satyrium fuliginosum ''Satyrium fuliginosum'', the sooty hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia to central California, east to Wyoming and northern Colorado. Adults are on wing from July to Au ...
'' – sooty hairstreak *'' Satyrium acadicum'' – Acadian hairstreak *'' Satyrium californica'' – California hairstreak *'' Satyrium sylvinum'' – sylvan hairstreak *''
Satyrium titus ''Satyrium titus'', the coral hairstreak, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Description This tailless hairstreak is brownish gray on the upper side of the wings. The underside of the hindwing has a distinct row of red-ora ...
'' – coral hairstreak *''
Satyrium edwardsii ''Satyrium edwardsii'', the Edwards' hairstreak, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States and in the southern parts of the Canadian provinces from Saskatchewan to Quebec.
'' – Edwards' hairstreak *'' Satyrium calanus'' – banded hairstreak *''
Satyrium caryaevorum ''Satyrium caryaevorus'', the hickory hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern North America, from southern Ontario west to Minnesota and Iowa, south in the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Tennessee. The wings ...
'' – hickory hairstreak *''
Satyrium liparops ''Satyrium liparops'', the striped hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae described by John Eatton Le Conte in 1833. It is found in North America, from the Rocky Mountains south from southern Canada to Colorado, east to Maine and so ...
'' – striped hairstreak *''
Satyrium saepium ''Satyrium saepium'', the hedgerow hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south through California into Baja California and east through northern Arizona to northern New M ...
'' – hedgerow hairstreak *'' Fixsenia favonius'' – southern hairstreak *''
Calycopis cecrops The red-banded hairstreak (''Calycopis cecrops'') is a butterfly native to the southeastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees. Its size ranges from . It lives near coastal areas. Its genome was sequenced i ...
'' – red-banded hairstreak *''
Callophrys affinis ''Callophrys affinis'', the western green hairstreak or immaculate green hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Canada and the western United States. The wingspan is 20 to 28 mm. Adults are on the wing f ...
'' – western green hairstreak *''
Callophrys sheridanii ''Callophrys sheridanii'', the Sheridan's hairstreak and Sheridan's green hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America along the south coast of British Columbia and parts of Nevada, Arizona, Saskatchewan, Nor ...
'' – Sheridan's hairstreak *'' Callophrys spinetorum'' – thicket hairstreak *'' Callophrys johnsoni'' – Johnson's hairstreak *'' Callophrys rosneri'' – Rosner's hairstreak *'' Callophrys barryi'' – Barry's hairstreak *''
Callophrys gryneus ''Callophrys gryneus'', the juniper hairstreak or olive hairstreak,
'' – juniper hairstreak *''
Callophrys augustinus ''Callophrys augustinus'', the brown elfin, is butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountain ...
'' – brown elfin *'' Callophrys mossii'' – Moss's elfin *'' Callophrys polios'' – hoary elfin *''
Callophrys irus ''Callophrys irus'', the frosted elfin, is a species of Lycaenidae that is native to North America. Description The wingspan ranges from .
'' – frosted elfin *''
Callophrys henrici ''Callophrys henrici'', the Henry's elfin or woodland elfin,James A. Scott (1986). ''The Butterflies of North America''. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. In Canada it is found from ...
'' – Henry's elfin *''
Callophrys lanoraieensis ''Callophrys lanoraieensis'', the bog elfin, is a species of Lycaenidae that is native to North America. Description The wingspan ranges from .Callophrys niphon'' – eastern pine elfin *'' Callophrys eryphon'' – western pine elfin *'' Parrhasius m-album'' – white hairstreak *''
Strymon melinus Strymon may refer to: * Strymon (river), a river in Bulgaria and Greece * Strymonian Gulf, a branch of the Thracian Sea * Strymon (theme), a Byzantine province * Strymon (butterfly), ''Strymon'' (butterfly), the genus of scrub hairstreaks, butterfl ...
'' – grey hairstreak *'' Erora laeta'' – early hairstreak


Subfamily

Polyommatinae Polyommatinae, the blues, are a diverse subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae). This subfamily was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents and phylogeny are still in need of revision. The followi ...
– blues

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Leptotes marina ''Leptotes marina'', the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America and Central America. Description The wingspan is 22–29 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in the no ...
'' – marine blue *''
Echinargus isola ''Echinargus isola'', or Reakirt's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus ''Echinargus''. It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S. ''Echinargus isola'' migrates re ...
'' – Reakirt's blue *''
Cupido comyntas The eastern tailed-blue or eastern tailed blue (''Cupido comyntas''), also known as ''Everes comyntas'',Cupido amyntula'' – western tailed-blue *''
Celastrina ladon ''Celastrina ladon'', the spring azure or echo blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra, through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and ...
'' – spring azure *'' Celastrina lucia'' – lucia azure *''
Celastrina neglecta ''Celastrina neglecta'', the summer azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall, and Lafontaine, in ''The Butterflies of Canada'', describe the species: The upper surface is pale blue with an ext ...
'' – summer azure *'' Celastrina serotina'' – cherry gall azure *''
Euphilotes battoides ''Euphilotes battoides'', the square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from Washington south to Baja California Norte and then west to southern Colorado and N ...
'' – square-spotted blue *''
Euphilotes ancilla ''Euphilotes ancilla'', the Rocky Mountain dotted blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Washington south to California and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan south through the Rockies and high plains to Wyomin ...
'' – Rocky Mountain dotted blue *'' Glaucopsyche piasus'' – arrowhead blue *''
Glaucopsyche lygdamus ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus'', the silvery blue, is a small butterfly native to North America. Its upperside is a light blue in males and a dull grayish blue in females. The underside is gray with a single row of round spots of differing sizes depen ...
'' – silvery blue *''
Plebejus idas ''Plebejus idas'', the Idas blue or northern blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the subfamily of Polyommatinae (Babendreier, 2003). Subspecies Subspecies include the following: * ''Plebejus idas acreon'' (Fabricius, ...
'' – northern blue *'' Plebejus melissa'' – Melissa blue *''
Icaricia icarioides ''Icaricia icarioides'', or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies. This species has been classified in at least four different genera since it was named by ...
'' – Boisduval's blue *''
Icaricia lupini ''Icaricia lupini'', the lupine blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from south-western Canada, south through much of mountainous and intermountain western United States and high plains to northern Mexico. The wingspan is ...
'' – lupine blue *''
Icaricia saepiolus ''Icaricia saepiolus'', the greenish blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alber ...
'' – greenish blue *''
Icaricia shasta ''Icaricia shasta'', the Shasta blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the di ...
'' – shasta blue *'' Agriades optilete'' – cranberry blue *''
Agriades glandon ''Agriades glandon'', the Arctic blue or Glandon blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It in found in Eurasia and North America. Range In North America, this species is found from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south through ...
'' – Arctic blue


Family

Riodinidae Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, t ...
– metalmarks

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Apodemia mormo ''Apodemia mormo'' (Mormon metalmark) is a principally Nearctic butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is a particularly fascinating species for ecological and evolutionary research, as evidenced by its shifting taxonomic classifications. Confl ...
'' – Mormon metalmark


Family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
– brush-footed butterflies


Subfamily

Libytheinae The Libytheinae are a nymphalid subfamily known as snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about ten species: six in '' Libythea'' and four in ''Libytheana''. The common name refers to the thick labial palps (pedipalps) that look like ...
– snouts

*'' Libytheana carinenta'' – American snout


Subfamily

Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the P ...
– fritillaries

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Agraulis vanillae The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (''Dione vanillae'') is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae a ...
'' – gulf fritillary *''
Euptoieta claudia ''Euptoieta claudia'', the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the ''Speyeria'' fritillaries, it is still cl ...
'' – variegated fritillary *'' Euptoieta hegesia'' – Mexican fritillary *'' Speyeria cybele'' – great spangled fritillary *''
Speyeria aphrodite The Aphrodite fritillary (''Speyeria aphrodite'') is a fritillary butterfly, from North America. This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally. The ventral sides of t ...
'' – Aphrodite fritillary *''
Speyeria idalia The regal fritillary (''Speyeria idalia'') is a striking nymphalid butterfly found among some of the remaining tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in the east-central United States. This prairie-specialist butterfly has a characteristic deep orang ...
'' – regal fritillary *'' Speyeria edwardsii'' – Edwards' fritillary *'' Speyeria coronis'' – coronis fritillary *'' Speyeria zerene'' – zerene fritillary *''
Speyeria callippe ''Speyeria callippe'', the callippe fritillary, is a North American species of butterflies in the brush-footed family Nymphalidae. Subspecies Listed alphabetically: Biology ''Speyeria callippe'' is a univoltine species. Adults fly from May to ...
'' – callippe fritillary *''
Speyeria atlantis ''Speyeria atlantis'', the Atlantis fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae of North America. It is from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across the northern United States south as far ...
'' – Atlantis fritillary *''
Speyeria hesperis ''Speyeria hesperis'', the northwestern fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northwestern United States and western Canada, as far east as Manitoba and the Dakotas.Speyeria hydaspe'' – hydaspe fritillary *''
Speyeria mormonia ''Speyeria mormonia,'' commonly known as the Mormon fritillary, is a North American butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is highly diverse, having differentiated into several subspecies which occupy a wide geographic range. ''S. mor ...
'' – Mormon fritillary *''
Boloria napaea ''Boloria napaea'', the Napaea fritillary or mountain fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Distribution In Europe the species is found in the Alps, mountainous areas in northern Scandinavia and very local in the eastern part ...
'' – mountain fritillary *''
Boloria eunomia ''Boloria eunomia'', the bog fritillary or ocellate bog fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Description The length of the forewings is 20–24 mm. The wings are orange brown with dark markings. The color of the hindwing ...
'' – bog fritillary *''
Boloria selene ''Boloria selene'', known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary and in North America as the silver-bordered fritillary, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found across Europe, Asia and North America, and feeds ...
'' – silver-bordered fritillary *''
Boloria bellona ''Boloria bellona'', the meadow fritillary, is a North American butterfly in the brushfoot family, Nymphalidae. The common name, meadow fritillary, is also used for a European butterfly species, '' Melitaea parthenoides''. Description The up ...
'' – meadow fritillary *''
Boloria frigga ''Boloria frigga'', the Frigga fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, very locally in more southern locations, as well as ...
'' – Frigga fritillary *''
Boloria improba ''Boloria improba'', the dingy fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. In Europe it is only found in small parts of Scandinavia, more specifically the border region between Norway, Sweden and Finland. The species is also present i ...
'' – dingy fritillary *''
Boloria epithore ''Boloria epithore'', the Pacific fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America from California to British Columbia and Alberta. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane ...
'' – Pacific fritillary *''
Boloria polaris ''Boloria polaris'', the Polaris fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northernmost Scandinavia, North America (in northeastern Alaska and northern Canada) and in Greenland. It is also found in northeastern Russia a ...
'' – Polaris fritillary *''
Boloria freija ''Boloria freija'', the Freija fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra. Its range includes Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, occasionally more southern location ...
'' – Freija fritillary *''
Boloria natazhati ''Boloria natazhati'', the Beringian fritillary, cryptic fritillary or Pleistocene fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from northwestern Canada as far south as northern British Columbia. The wingspan is 32–44  ...
'' – Beringian fritillary *''
Boloria alberta ''Boloria alberta'', the Alberta fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the North American Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta and in northern Montana. The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The butterfly fli ...
'' – Alberta fritillary *'' Boloria astarte'' – Astarte fritillary *'' Boloria chariclea'' – Arctic fritillary


Subfamily

Nymphalinae The Nymphalinae are a subfamily of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). Sometimes, the subfamilies Limenitidinae, and Biblidinae are included here as subordinate tribe(s), while the tribe Melitaeini is occasionally regarded as a distinc ...
– anglewings, tortoiseshells, ladies, checkerspots and crescents

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Polygonia interrogationis ''Polygonia interrogationis'', commonly called the question mark butterfly, is a North American nymphalid butterfly. It lives in wooded areas, city parks, generally in areas with a combination of trees and open space. The color and textured app ...
'' – question mark *''
Polygonia comma ''Polygonia comma'', the eastern comma, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae. Description This butterfly is seasonally variable. The upperside of the summer form's hindwings are all black, whereas the ...
'' – eastern comma *''
Polygonia satyrus ''Polygonia satyrus'', the satyr comma, is a North American butterfly of the nymphalid family. It is primarily found in western Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlan ...
'' – satyr comma *'' Polygonia faunus'' – green comma *''
Polygonia gracilis The hoary comma (''Polygonia gracilis'') is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Oce ...
'' – hoary comma *''
Polygonia oreas ''Polygonia oreas'', the oreas comma, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America in the mountains from southern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta to northern California. The wingspan is 42–52 mm. The b ...
'' – oreas comma *''
Polygonia progne ''Polygonia progne'', the gray comma or grey comma, is a species of '' Polygonia'' that occurs in North America. Description Its wingspan is between 4.4 and 6.3 cm. The top of the wings is bright orange brown while the summer forms often h ...
'' – grey comma *''
Nymphalis vaualbum ''Nymphalis vaualbum'' or ''N. l-album'', the Compton tortoiseshell, or false comma, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. An assertion that the name ''Nymphalis l-album'' is in fact the correct name over the widely used ''Nympha ...
'' – Compton tortoiseshell *''
Nymphalis californica The California tortoiseshell (''Nymphalis californica'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the su ...
'' – California tortoiseshell *''
Nymphalis antiopa ''Nymphalis antiopa'', known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar ...
'' – mourning cloak *'' Nymphalis milberti'' – Milbert's tortoiseshell *''
Vanessa virginiensis The American painted lady or American lady (''Vanessa virginiensis'')Vanessa cardui ''Vanessa cardui'' is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan. Description File:Vanessa cardui MHNT CUT 2013 3 14 Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers Dos. ...
'' – painted lady *''
Vanessa annabella The West Coast lady (''Vanessa annabella'') is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". ''V. annabella'' occurs throughout much of the western US and southwestern Canada. The oth ...
'' – West Coast lady *''
Vanessa atalanta ''Vanessa atalanta'', the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about . It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his ...
'' – red admiral *''
Junonia coenia ''Junonia coenia'', known as the common buckeye or buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and in Mexico. Its habitat is open areas with low vegetation and some bare ground. ...
'' – common buckeye *''
Chlosyne gorgone ''Chlosyne gorgone'', the gorgone checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America. Description The wingspan is between 32 and 45 mm. The dorsal side of the wings are orange with black markings and the hindw ...
'' – gorgone checkerspot *'' Chlosyne nycteis'' – silvery checkerspot *'' Chlosyne harrisii'' – Harris's checkerspot *'' Chlosyne palla'' – northern checkerspot *'' Chlosyne acastus'' – sagebrush checkerspot *'' Chlosyne hoffmanni'' – Hoffmann's checkerspot *''
Phyciodes tharos ''Phyciodes'', the crescents or crescent spots (like some related genera) is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae. Species In alphabetical order:"''Phyciodes''_Hübner,_
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'' – pearl crescent *''Phyciodes cocyta">819]"at_Markku_Savela's_''Lepi ...
'' – pearl crescent *''Phyciodes cocyta'' – northern crescent *''Phyciodes batesii'' – tawny crescent *''Phyciodes pallida'' – pale crescent *''Phyciodes pulchella'' – field crescent *''Phyciodes mylitta'' – mylitta crescent *''Euphydryas gillettii'' – Gillette's checkerspot *''
Euphydryas chalcedona The variable checkerspot or Chalcedon checkerspot (''Euphydryas chalcedona'') is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America, where its range stretches from Alaska in the north to Baja California in the south and e ...
'' – variable checkerspot *''
Euphydryas editha Edith's checkerspot (''Euphydryas editha'') is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is a resident species of western North America and among the subspecies, entomologists have long been intrigued by their many phenotypic variation ...
'' – Edith's checkerspot *''
Euphydryas phaeton The Baltimore checkerspot (''Euphydryas phaeton'') is a North American butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has been the official state insect of the U.S. State of Maryland since 1973. The Baltimore checkerspot was named for the first George C ...
'' – Baltimore checkerspot


Subfamily

Limenitidinae The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives. The common names of many species and genera reference military ranks or – namely the Adoliadini – titles of nobility (e.g., count, duke, earl, an ...
– admirals

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Limenitis arthemis ''Limenitis arthemis,'' the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus ''Limenitis''. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns wi ...
'' – white admiral, red-spotted purple *'' Limenitis archippus'' – viceroy *''
Limenitis weidemeyerii ''Limenitis weidemeyerii'', or Weidemeyer's admiral, is a butterfly from the subfamily Nymphalinae, found in western North America. Distribution ''Limenitis weidemeyerii'' is found in western Canada, the northern Great Plains (an outlying po ...
'' – Weidemeyer's admiral *'' Limenitis lorquini'' – Lorquin's admiral


Subfamily

Apaturinae The Apaturinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called emperors. Description Strikingly-coloured, with cryptic underwing. A distinguishing character of the subfamily is the green proboscis. Agathina emperor ( ...
– emperors

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Asterocampa celtis ''Asterocampa celtis'', the hackberry emperor, is a North American butterfly that belongs to the brushfooted butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It gets its name from the hackberry tree ('' Celtis occidentalis'' and others in the genus ''Celtis'') upo ...
'' – hackberry emperor *''
Asterocampa clyton ''Asterocampa clyton'', the tawny emperor, is a species of brush-footed butterfly. It is native to North America, especially the eastern half from Canada to northern Mexico. The tawny emperor should not be mistaken for a very similar ''Asterocamp ...
'' – tawny emperor


Subfamily

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
– satyrs and wood-nymphs

*'' Enodia anthedon'' – northern pearly-eye *'' Satyrodes eurydice'' – eyed brown *'' Satyrodes appalachia'' – Appalachian brown *'' Megisto cymela'' – little wood-satyr *''
Coenonympha tullia ''Coenonympha tullia'', the large heath or common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It flies in a variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tun ...
'' – common ringlet *'' Coenonympha nipisiquit'' – maritime ringlet *''
Cercyonis pegala The common wood-nymph (''Cercyonis pegala'') is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is also known as the wood-nymph, grayling, blue-eyed grayling, and the goggle eye. Description The common wood-nymph can vary greatly. A ...
'' – common wood-nymph *'' Cercyonis sthenele'' – Great Basin wood-nymph *''
Cercyonis oetus ''Cercyonis oetus'', the small wood-nymph or dark wood-nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America.Erebia vidleri'' – Vidler's alpine *'' Erebia rossii'' – Ross's alpine *''
Erebia disa The Arctic ringlet or Disa alpine (''Erebia disa'') is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. It is associated with wet muskeg and bogs in subarctic and Arctic climates, and is often found near the tree-line. The larva overw ...
'' – Disa alpine *'' Erebia mancinus'' – taiga alpine *'' Erebia magdalena'' – Magdalena alpine *'' Erebia mackinleyensis'' – Mt. McKinley alpine *'' Erebia fasciata'' – banded alpine *'' Erebia discoidalis'' – red-disked alpine *''
Erebia pawlowskii ''Erebia pawloskii'', the yellow-dotted alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America in northern British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. It is also found in the Sayan Mountains, and from no ...
'' – yellow-dotted alpine *'' Erebia youngi'' – four-dotted alpine *'' Erebia anyuica'' – scree alpine *'' Erebia lafontainei'' – reddish alpine *'' Erebia epipsodea'' – common alpine *'' Neominois ridingsii'' – Ridings' satyr *'' Oeneis nevadensis'' – great arctic *'' Oeneis macounii'' – Macoun's arctic or Canada arctic *''
Oeneis chryxus ''Oeneis chryxus'', the chryxus Arctic or brown Arctic, is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae found in the far northwest regions of Canada and the United States. The brown Arctic has highly variable colorings, which tend toward light yellow to o ...
'' – chryxus arctic or brown arctic *'' Oeneis uhleri'' – Uhler's arctic *''
Oeneis alberta ''Oeneis alberta'', the Alberta Arctic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Canadian prairie provinces east to southern Manitoba. Isolated populations are found along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, New Mexico and Ariz ...
'' – Alberta arctic *''
Oeneis bore ''Oeneis bore'', the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling, is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia. Description The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm. The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females ...
'' – white-veined arctic *'' Oeneis jutta'' – Jutta arctic *''
Oeneis melissa ''Oeneis melissa'', the Melissa Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The wingspan is 42–51 mm. The larvae feed on various sedges, including '' Carex bigelowii'' and '' Carex rupestris''. Subspecies *''Oeneis mel ...
'' – Melissa arctic *'' Oeneis polixenes'' – Polixenes arctic *''
Oeneis rosovi ''Oeneis rosovi'', the Philip's ArcticPhilip's Arctic
Bu ...
'' – Philip's arctic *''
Oeneis alpina ''Oeneis alpina'', the sentinel Arctic or Eskimo Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Satyrinae. It occurs in Siberia and the northern parts of North America. Description The wing span of ''O. alpina'' is about forty millimetres. ...
'' – sentinel arctic


Subfamily

Danainae Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing butt ...
– milkweed butterflies

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Danaus plexippus The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (''Danaus plexippus'') is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. It ...
'' – monarch


See also

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List of butterflies of North America This list contains links to lists with the common and scientific names of butterflies of North America north of Mexico. * List of butterflies of North America (Papilionidae), Papilionidae: swallowtails and parnassians (40 species) ** List of butte ...
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List of moths of Canada This page provides links to detailed lists of moth species that have been recorded in Canada. The lists are sorted by family. Macro moths * Bombycidae * Cossidae * Zygaenidae * Limacodidae * Sesiidae * Lasiocampidae * Saturniidae * Drepanidae * ...
* List of damselflies of Canada * List of dragonflies of Canada


References


Butterflies of Canada
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility {{DEFAULTSORT:Canada Butterfies
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
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