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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 ↓

Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Epargyreus clarus
Southern Cloudywing 2
Thorybes bathyllus
Confused Cloudywing 3
Thorybes confusis
Northern Cloudywing 4
Thorybes pylades
Dorantes Longtail 5
Urbanus dorantes
Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
Sleepy Duskywing 6
Erynnis brizo
Horace's Duskywing 7
Erynnis horatius
Juvenal's Duskywing 8
Erynnis juvenalis
Zarucco Duskywing 9
Erynnis zarucco
White Checkered-Skipper 10
Pyrgus albescens
Tropical Checkered Skipper 11
Pyrgus oileus
Hayhurst's Scallopwing 12
Staphylus hayhurstii
Delaware Skipper 6
Anatrytone logan
Least Skipper 13
Ancyloxypha numitor
Monk Skipper 14
Asbolis capucinus
Sachem 15
Atalopedes campestris
Brazilian Skipper 16
Calpodes ethlius
Southern Skipperling 17
Copaeodes minima
Palmetto Skipper 14
Euphyes arpa
Palatka Skipper 14
Euphyes pilatka
Dun Skipper 18
Euphyes vestris
Fiery Skipper 4
Hylephila phyleus
Clouded Skipper 18
Lerema accius
Eufala Skipper 8
Lerodea eufala
Swarthy Skipper 19
Nastra lherminier
Neamathla Skipper 20
Nastra neamathla
Ocola Skipper 9
Panoquina ocola
Salt Marsh Skipper 21
Panoquina panoquin
Crossline Skipper 22
Polites origenes
Tawny-edged Skipper 2
Polites themistocles
Whirlabout 17
Polites vibex
Byssus Skipper 23
Problema byssus
Northern Broken-Dash 22
Wallengrenia egeremet
Southern Broken Dash 18
Wallengrenia otho
Yucca Giant-skipper 24
Megathymus yuccae
Twin-spot Skipper 14
Oligoria maculata
Pipevine Swallowtail 25
Battus philenor
Polydamas Swallowtail 26
Battus polydamas
Zebra Swallowtail 27
Eurytides marcellus
Giant Swallowtail 28
Heraclides cresphontes
Eastern Black Swallowtail 29
Papilio polyxenes
Spicebush Swallowtail 29
Papilio troilus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 30
Papilio glaucus
Palamedes Swallowtail 31
Papilio palamedes
Sleepy Orange 30
Abaeis nicippe
Great Southern White 32
Ascia monuste
Orange Sulphur 33
Colias eurytheme
Barred Yellow 9
Eurema daira
Dainty Sulphur 8
Nathalis iole
Orange-barred Sulphur 34
Phoebis philea
Cloudless Sulphur 8
Phoebis sennae
Cabbage White 35
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 8
Pontia protodice
Little Yellow 18
Pyrisitia lisa
Southern Dogface 7
Zerene cesonia
Great Purple Hairstreak 2
Atlides halesus
Red-banded Hairstreak 36
Calycopis cecrops
Oak Hairstreak 37
Fixsenia favonius
White M Hairstreak 38
Parrhasius m-album
Banded Hairstreak 36
Satyrium calanus
Striped hairstreak 39
Satyrium liparops
Gray Hairstreak 4
Strymon melinus
Eastern Pygmy-Blue 14
Brephidium isophthalma
Ceraunus Blue 40
Hemiargus ceraunus
Cassius Blue 18
Leptotes cassius
Gulf Fritillary 41
Agraulis vanillae
Goatweed Leafwing 8
Anaea andria
White Peacock 42
Anartia jatrophae
Hackberry Emperor 43
Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor 44
Asterocampa clyton
Common Wood Nymph 45
Cercyonis pegala
Gemmed Satyr 43
Cyllopsis gemma
Queen 46
Danaus gilippus
Monarch 46
Danaus plexippus
Variegated Fritillary 30
Euptoieta claudia
Zebra longwing 47
Heliconius charithonia
Carolina Satyr 44
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Common Buckeye 48
Junonia coenia
Mangrove Buckeye 4
Junonia evarete
Appalachian Brown 4
Lethe appalachia
American Snout 49
Libytheana carinenta
Viceroy 40
Limenitis archippus
Red-spotted Purple 50
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Little Wood Satyr 51
Megisto cymela
Georgia Satyr 4
Neonympha areolatus
Phaon Crescent 17
Phyciodes phaon
Pearl Crescent 52
Phyciodes tharos
Question Mark 53
Polygonia interrogationis
Red Admiral 54
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 55
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 17
Vanessa virginiensis
'Seminole' Texan crescent 56
Anthanassa texana seminole
Little Metalmark 18
Calephelis virginiensis
Lace-windged Roadside Skipper 9
Amblyscirtes aesculapius
Dusky Roadside-Skipper 18
Amblyscirtes alternata
Arogos Skipper 57
Atrytone arogos
Dusted Skipper 24
Atrytonopsis hianna
Eastern Pygmy-Blue 58
Brephidium pseudofea
Juniper Hairstreak 59
Callophrys gryneus

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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