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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 ↓

Phaon Crescent 1
Phyciodes phaon
Pearl Crescent 2
Phyciodes tharos
Question Mark 3
Polygonia interrogationis
Red Admiral 4
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 5
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 1
Vanessa virginiensis
'Seminole' Texan crescent 6
Anthanassa texana seminole
Little Metalmark 7
Calephelis virginiensis
Tantalus Sphinx 8
Aellopos tantalus
Lace-windged Roadside Skipper 9
Amblyscirtes aesculapius
Dusky Roadside-Skipper 7
Amblyscirtes alternata
Nessus Sphinx 10
Amphion floridensis
Consular Oakworm Moth 11
Anisota consularis
Arogos Skipper 12
Atrytone arogos
Dusted Skipper 13
Atrytonopsis hianna
Eastern Pygmy-Blue 14
Brephidium pseudofea
Juniper Hairstreak 15
Callophrys gryneus
Henry's Elfin 16
Callophrys henrici
Sweetbay Silkmoth 17
Callosamia securifera
Tearful Underwing 17
Catocala lacrymosa
Summer Azure 18
Celastrina neglecta
Pine-devil Moth 19
Citheronia sepulcralis
Eastern Tailed-Blue 20
Cupido comyntas
Black-winged Dahana Moth 19
Dahana atripennis
Diaphania Moth
Diaphania modialis
Pawpaw Sphinx 21
Dolba hyloeus
Southern Pearly-eye 22
Enodia portlandia
Mournful Sphinx 23
Enyo lugubris
Banded Sphinx 9
Eumorpha fasciatus
Pandorus Sphinx Moth 24
Eumorpha pandorus
Vine Sphinx 9
Eumorpha vitis
Berry's Skipper 12
Euphyes berryi
Dion Skipper 9
Euphyes dion
Dukes' Skipper 12
Euphyes dukesi
Harvester 25
Feniseca tarquinius
Hummingbird Clearwing 26
Hemaris thysbe
Dotted Skipper 27
Hesperia attalus
Meske's Skipper 12
Hesperia meskei
White-blotched Heterocampa 7
Heterocampa umbrata
Cecropia Moth 28
Hyalophora cecropia
White-lined Sphinx Moth 29
Hyles lineata
Mangrove Buckeye 14
Junonia genoveva
Red-spotted Purple or White Admiral 30
Limenitis arthemis
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth 31
Malacosoma disstria
Cofaqui Giant-Skipper 32
Megathymus cofaqui
Viola's Wood-Satyr 9
Megisto viola
Giant Swallowtail 18
Papilio cresphontes
Large Orange Sulphur 33
Phoebis agarithe
Zabulon Skipper 34
Poanes zabulon
Baracoa Skipper 12
Polites baracoa
Common Checkered-Skipper 35
Pyrgus communis
Appalachian Brown 36
Satyrodes appalachia
Unicorn Prominent 37
Schizura unicornis
Echo Moth 17
Seirarctia echo
Southern Armyworm 38
Spodoptera eridania
Yellow-striped Armyworm 31
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Small Tolype Moth 39
Tolype notialis
Royal Walnut Moth 40
Citheronia regalis
Genista Broom Moth 41
Uresiphita reversalis
Four-spotted Palpita 42
Palpita quadristigmalis
Brown-shaded Gray 7
Iridopsis defectaria

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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