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BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES—FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE

Satyrs
Subfamily Satyrinae
Carolina Satyr
Hermeuptychia sosybius

Little Wood Satyr
Megisto cymela

Red Satyr
Megisto rubricata
Common Wood Nymph
Cercyonis pegala
 

"Oh, the whole flower bed is still in shock. He was such a quiet butterfly—kept to himself mostly."

 

"An excellent specimen … symbol of beauty, innocence, and fragile life. … Hand me the jar of ether."

 

BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES—FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE

Monarchs
Subfamily Danainae

Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Queen
Danaus gilippus

Soldier
Danaus eresimus

SKIPPERS—FAMILY HESPERIIDAE

 

 

SKIPPERS—FAMILY HESPERIIDAE

Spread-wing Skippers
Subfamily Pyrginae

Mercurial Skipper
Proteides mercurius

Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus

Hammock Skipper
Polygonus leo

White-striped Longtail
Chioides catillus

Zilpa Longtail
Chioides zilpa

Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus

Dorantes Longtail
Urbanus dorantes

Brown Longtail
Urbanus procne

Two-barred Flasher
Astraptes fulgerator

Hoary Edge
Achalarus lyciades

Desert Cloudywing
Achalarus casica

Coyote Cloudywing
Achalarus toxeus

Southern Cloudywing
Thorybes bathyllus

Northern Cloudywing
Thorybes pylades

 

 

 

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Confusing Cloudywing
Thorybes confusis

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