MatBio: BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Bumelia Leafworm Moth ¹
Lactura pupula

Cactus Moth ²
Cactoblastis cactorum

Eastern Tent Caterpillar ³
Malacosoma americanum

Luna Moth ⁴
Actias luna

Polyphemus Moth ⁵
Antheraea polyphemus

Io Moth ⁶
Automeris io

Pink-spotted Hawk Moth ⁷
Agrius cingulatus

Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth ⁸
Darapsa myron

Tersa Sphinx Moth ⁹
Xylophanes tersa

Rosy Maple Moth ¹⁰
Dryocampa rubicunda

Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth ¹¹
Cosmosoma myrodora

Polka-Dotted Wasp Moth ¹²
Syntomeida epilais

Bella Moth ¹³
Utetheisa bella

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth ¹⁴
Acharia stimulea

Silver-spotted Skipper ¹⁵
Epargyreus clarus

Southern Cloudywing ¹⁶
Thorybes bathyllus

Confused Cloudywing ¹⁷
Thorybes confusis

Northern Cloudywing ¹⁸
Thorybes pylades

Dorantes Longtail ¹⁹
Urbanus dorantes

Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus

Sleepy Duskywing ²⁰
Erynnis brizo

Horace's Duskywing ²¹
Erynnis horatius

Juvenal's Duskywing ²²
Erynnis juvenalis

Zarucco Duskywing ²³
Erynnis zarucco

White Checkered-Skipper ¹¹
Pyrgus albescens

Tropical Checkered Skipper ²⁴
Pyrgus oileus

Hayhurst's Scallopwing ²⁵
Staphylus hayhurstii

Delaware Skipper ²⁰
Anatrytone logan

Least Skipper ²⁶
Ancyloxypha numitor

Monk Skipper ²⁷
Asbolis capucinus

Sachem ²⁸
Atalopedes campestris

Brazilian Skipper ²⁹
Calpodes ethlius

Southern Skipperling ³⁰
Copaeodes minima

Palmetto Skipper ²⁷
Euphyes arpa

Palatka Skipper ²⁷
Euphyes pilatka

Dun Skipper ³¹
Euphyes vestris

Fiery Skipper ¹⁸
Hylephila phyleus

Clouded Skipper ³¹
Lerema accius

Eufala Skipper ²²
Lerodea eufala

Swarthy Skipper ³²
Nastra lherminier

Neamathla Skipper ³³
Nastra neamathla

Ocola Skipper ²³
Panoquina ocola

Salt Marsh Skipper ³⁴
Panoquina panoquin

Crossline Skipper ³⁵
Polites origenes

Tawny-edged Skipper ¹⁶
Polites themistocles

Whirlabout ³⁰
Polites vibex

Byssus Skipper ³⁶
Problema byssus

Northern Broken-Dash ³⁵
Wallengrenia egeremet

Southern Broken Dash ³¹
Wallengrenia otho

Yucca Giant-skipper ³⁷
Megathymus yuccae

Twin-spot Skipper ²⁷
Oligoria maculata

Pipevine Swallowtail ³⁸
Battus philenor

Polydamas Swallowtail ³⁹
Battus polydamas

Zebra Swallowtail ⁴⁰
Eurytides marcellus

Giant Swallowtail ⁴¹
Heraclides cresphontes

Eastern Black Swallowtail ⁴²
Papilio polyxenes

Spicebush Swallowtail ⁴²
Papilio troilus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ⁴³
Papilio glaucus

Palamedes Swallowtail ⁴⁴
Papilio palamedes

Sleepy Orange ⁴³
Abaeis nicippe

Great Southern White ⁴⁵
Ascia monuste

Orange Sulphur ⁴⁶
Colias eurytheme

Barred Yellow ²³
Eurema daira

Dainty Sulphur ²²
Nathalis iole

Orange-barred Sulphur ⁴⁷
Phoebis philea

Cloudless Sulphur ²²
Phoebis sennae

Cabbage White ⁴⁸
Pieris rapae

Checkered White ²²
Pontia protodice

Little Yellow ³¹
Pyrisitia lisa

Southern Dogface ²¹
Zerene cesonia

Great Purple Hairstreak ¹⁶
Atlides halesus

Red-banded Hairstreak ¹⁰
Calycopis cecrops

Oak Hairstreak ⁴⁹
Fixsenia favonius

White M Hairstreak ⁵
Parrhasius m-album

Banded Hairstreak ¹⁰
Satyrium calanus

Striped hairstreak ⁵⁰
Satyrium liparops

Gray Hairstreak ¹⁸
Strymon melinus

Eastern Pygmy-Blue ²⁷
Brephidium isophthalma

Ceraunus Blue ⁵¹
Hemiargus ceraunus

Cassius Blue ³¹
Leptotes cassius

Gulf Fritillary ⁵²
Agraulis vanillae

Goatweed Leafwing ²²
Anaea andria

White Peacock ⁵³
Anartia jatrophae

Hackberry Emperor ⁵⁴
Asterocampa celtis

Tawny Emperor ⁵⁵
Asterocampa clyton

Common Wood Nymph ⁵⁶
Cercyonis pegala

Gemmed Satyr ⁵⁴
Cyllopsis gemma

Queen ⁵⁷
Danaus gilippus

Monarch ⁵⁷
Danaus plexippus

Variegated Fritillary ⁴³
Euptoieta claudia

Zebra longwing ⁵⁸
Heliconius charithonia

Carolina Satyr ⁵⁵
Hermeuptychia sosybius

Common Buckeye ⁵⁹
Junonia coenia

Mangrove Buckeye ¹⁸
Junonia evarete

Appalachian Brown ¹⁸
Lethe appalachia

American Snout ⁶⁰
Libytheana carinenta

Viceroy ⁵¹
Limenitis archippus

Red-spotted Purple ⁶¹
Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Little Wood Satyr ⁶²
Megisto cymela

Georgia Satyr ¹⁸
Neonympha areolatus

Edited by matbio, and Jose Nunez

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MatBio: BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Bumelia Leafworm Moth 1 Lactura pupula

Cactus Moth 2 Cactoblastis cactorum

Eastern Tent Caterpillar 3 Malacosoma americanum

Luna Moth 4 Actias luna

Polyphemus Moth 5 Antheraea polyphemus

Io Moth 6 Automeris io

Pink-spotted Hawk Moth 7 Agrius cingulatus

Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth 8 Darapsa myron

Tersa Sphinx Moth 9 Xylophanes tersa

Rosy Maple Moth 10 Dryocampa rubicunda

Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth 11 Cosmosoma myrodora

Polka-Dotted Wasp Moth 12 Syntomeida epilais

Bella Moth 13 Utetheisa bella

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth 14 Acharia stimulea

Silver-spotted Skipper 15 Epargyreus clarus

Southern Cloudywing 16 Thorybes bathyllus

Confused Cloudywing 17 Thorybes confusis

Northern Cloudywing 18 Thorybes pylades

Dorantes Longtail 19 Urbanus dorantes

Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

Sleepy Duskywing 20 Erynnis brizo

Horace's Duskywing 21 Erynnis horatius

Juvenal's Duskywing 22 Erynnis juvenalis

Zarucco Duskywing 23 Erynnis zarucco

White Checkered-Skipper 11 Pyrgus albescens

Tropical Checkered Skipper 24 Pyrgus oileus

Hayhurst's Scallopwing 25 Staphylus hayhurstii

Delaware Skipper 20 Anatrytone logan

Least Skipper 26 Ancyloxypha numitor

Monk Skipper 27 Asbolis capucinus

Sachem 28 Atalopedes campestris

Brazilian Skipper 29 Calpodes ethlius

Southern Skipperling 30 Copaeodes minima

Palmetto Skipper 27 Euphyes arpa

Palatka Skipper 27 Euphyes pilatka

Dun Skipper 31 Euphyes vestris

Fiery Skipper 18 Hylephila phyleus

Clouded Skipper 31 Lerema accius

Eufala Skipper 22 Lerodea eufala

Swarthy Skipper 32 Nastra lherminier

Neamathla Skipper 33 Nastra neamathla

Ocola Skipper 23 Panoquina ocola

Salt Marsh Skipper 34 Panoquina panoquin

Crossline Skipper 35 Polites origenes

Tawny-edged Skipper 16 Polites themistocles

Whirlabout 30 Polites vibex

Byssus Skipper 36 Problema byssus

Northern Broken-Dash 35 Wallengrenia egeremet

Southern Broken Dash 31 Wallengrenia otho

Yucca Giant-skipper 37 Megathymus yuccae

Twin-spot Skipper 27 Oligoria maculata

Pipevine Swallowtail 38 Battus philenor

Polydamas Swallowtail 39 Battus polydamas

Zebra Swallowtail 40 Eurytides marcellus

Giant Swallowtail 41 Heraclides cresphontes

Eastern Black Swallowtail 42 Papilio polyxenes

Spicebush Swallowtail 42 Papilio troilus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 43 Papilio glaucus

Palamedes Swallowtail 44 Papilio palamedes

Sleepy Orange 43 Abaeis nicippe

Great Southern White 45 Ascia monuste

Orange Sulphur 46 Colias eurytheme

Barred Yellow 23 Eurema daira

Dainty Sulphur 22 Nathalis iole

Orange-barred Sulphur 47 Phoebis philea

Cloudless Sulphur 22 Phoebis sennae

Cabbage White 48 Pieris rapae

Checkered White 22 Pontia protodice

Little Yellow 31 Pyrisitia lisa

Southern Dogface 21 Zerene cesonia

Great Purple Hairstreak 16 Atlides halesus

Red-banded Hairstreak 10 Calycopis cecrops

Oak Hairstreak 49 Fixsenia favonius

White M Hairstreak 5 Parrhasius m-album

Banded Hairstreak 10 Satyrium calanus

Striped hairstreak 50 Satyrium liparops

Gray Hairstreak 18 Strymon melinus

Eastern Pygmy-Blue 27 Brephidium isophthalma

Ceraunus Blue 51 Hemiargus ceraunus