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Butterflies of Chicago Wilderness

This guide was created to expand education towards flowers and pollinator species.
https://www.changex.org/us/beefriendlyfarming/evanston-il-usa

Edited by Renata Leite Pitman

Great Spangled Fritillary 1
Speyeria cybele
Greater Fritillaries 2
Speyeria
Common Buckeye 3
Junonia coenia
Painted Lady 4
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 5
Vanessa virginiensis
Cloudless Sulphur 6
Phoebis sennae
Monarch 7
Danaus plexippus
Red Admiral 8
Vanessa atalanta
Pipevine Swallowtail 9
Battus philenor
Horace's Duskywing 10
Erynnis horatius
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 11
Papilio cresphontes
Fiery Skipper 12
Hylephila phyleus
Gray Hairstreak 13
Strymon melinus
Common Checkered-Skipper 14
Pyrgus communis
Dainty Sulphur 15
Nathalis iole
Sachem 16
Atalopedes campestris
Huron Sachem 17
Atalopedes campestris huron
Zabulon Skipper 18
Poanes zabulon
Pearl Crescent 19
Phyciodes tharos
Eastern Comma 20
Polygonia comma
Silver-bordered Fritillary 21
Boloria selene
Eastern Black Swallowtail 22
Papilio polyxenes asterius
Cabbage White 23
Pieris rapae
Small Copper 24
Lycaena phlaeas
Mourning Cloak 25
Nymphalis antiopa
Juvenal's Duskywing 26
Erynnis juvenalis
Mottled Duskywing 27
Erynnis martialis
Wild Indigo Duskywing 28
Erynnis baptisiae
Common Sootywing 29
Pholisora catullus
Least Skipper 30
Ancyloxypha numitor
Essex Skipper 31
Thymelicus lineola
Crossline Skipper 32
Polites origenes
Tawny-edged Skipper 33
Polites themistocles
Hobomok Skipper 34
Poanes hobomok
Mulberry Wing 33
Poanes massasoit
Delaware Skipper 35
Anatrytone logan
Northern Broken-Dash 32
Wallengrenia egeremet
Broad-winged Skipper 36
Poanes viator
Dun Skipper 37
Euphyes vestris
Dusted Skipper 38
Atrytonopsis hianna
Common Roadside-Skipper 39
Amblyscirtes vialis
Little Glassywing 32
Pompeius verna
Dion Skipper 40
Euphyes dion
Black Dash 33
Euphyes conspicua
Black Swallowtail 41
Papilio polyxenes
Spicebush Swallowtail 37
Papilio troilus
Papilio glaucus glaucus 42
Olympia Marble 43
Euchloe olympia
Clouded Sulphur 44
Colias philodice
Orange Sulphur 45
Colias eurytheme
Bronze Copper 46
Lycaena hyllus
Banded Hairstreak 31
Satyrium calanus
Striped Hairstreak 47
Satyrium liparops
Spring Azure 48
Celastrina ladon
American Snout 49
Libytheana carinenta
Aphrodite Fritillary 2
Speyeria aphrodite
Meadow Fritillary 50
Boloria bellona
Northern Crescent 51
Phyciodes cocyta
Baltimore Checkerspot 52
Euphydryas phaeton
Question Mark 53
Polygonia interrogationis
Gray Comma 37
Polygonia progne
Red-spotted Purple 54
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Viceroy 55
Limenitis archippus
Tawny Emperor 56
Asterocampa clyton
Hackberry Butterflies 56
Asterocampa
Little Wood Satyr 34
Megisto cymela
Common Wood-Nymph 57
Cercyonis pegala
Checkered White 58
Pontia protodice
Funereal Duskywing 59
Erynnis funeralis
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 60
Papilio glaucus
Red-spotted Admiral 61
Limenitis arthemis
Silvery Checkerspot 36
Chlosyne nycteis
Long-tailed Skipper 59
Urbanus proteus
Variegated Fritillary 58
Euptoieta claudia
Hackberry Emperor 62
Asterocampa celtis
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 63
Aglais milberti
Silver-spotted Skipper 64
Epargyreus clarus
Goatweed Leafwing 65
Anaea andria
Edwards' Hairstreak 66
Satyrium edwardsii
Sleepy Orange 67
Abaeis nicippe
Harvester 68
Feniseca tarquinius
Summer Azure 69
Celastrina neglecta
Zebra Swallowtail 70
Eurytides marcellus
Lucia Azure 71
Celastrina lucia
Reakirt's Blue 72
Echinargus isola
Poweshiek Skipperling 73
Oarisma poweshiek
Little Yellow 37
Pyrisitia lisa
Eastern Tailed-Blue 74
Cupido comyntas
Southern Dogface 75
Zerene cesonia
Appalachian Brown 76
Lethe appalachia
Peck's Skipper 32
Polites peckius
Eyed Brown 77
Lethe eurydice
Regal Fritillary 78
Speyeria idalia
Ocola Skipper 79
Panoquina ocola
Hickory Hairstreak 80
Satyrium caryaevorus
Coral Hairstreak 46
Satyrium titus
Acadian Hairstreak
Satyrium acadica
Acadian Hairstreak ssp. acadica
Satyrium acadica acadica
Two-spotted Skipper 81
Euphyes bimacula
Northern Pearly-eye 82
Lethe anthedon

Edited by Renata Leite Pitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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