Butterflies of Oakland County, MI

This guide highlights common butterfly species found in Oakland County, Michigan, USA. The guide was compiled by the Jamieson Lab at Oakland University (www.jamiesonlab.com) from research grade data submitted to iNaturalist. The ...more ↓

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Monarch ¹
Danaus plexippus

Red Admiral ²
Vanessa atalanta

Red-spotted Admiral ³
Limenitis arthemis

Mourning Cloak ⁴
Nymphalis antiopa

Baltimore Checkerspot ⁵
Euphydryas phaeton

Viceroy ⁶
Limenitis archippus

Little Wood Satyr ⁷
Megisto cymela

Common Wood-Nymph ⁸
Cercyonis pegala

American Lady ⁹
Vanessa virginiensis

Pearl Crescent ¹⁰
Phyciodes tharos

Eastern Comma ¹¹
Polygonia comma

Question Mark ¹²
Polygonia interrogationis

Northern Pearly-eye ¹³
Lethe anthedon

Painted Lady ¹⁴
Vanessa cardui

Common Ringlet ¹⁵
Coenonympha tullia

Great Spangled Fritillary ¹⁶
Speyeria cybele

Appalachian Brown ¹⁷
Lethe appalachia

Eyed Brown ¹⁸
Lethe eurydice

Silver-bordered Fritillary ¹⁹
Boloria selene

Gray Comma ¹⁰
Polygonia progne

Common Buckeye ²⁰
Junonia coenia

Compton Tortoiseshell ²¹
Nymphalis l-album

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Butterflies of Oakland County, MI

Monarch 1 Danaus plexippus

Red Admiral 2 Vanessa atalanta

Red-spotted Admiral 3 Limenitis arthemis

Mourning Cloak 4 Nymphalis antiopa

Baltimore Checkerspot 5 Euphydryas phaeton

Viceroy 6 Limenitis archippus

Little Wood Satyr 7 Megisto cymela

Common Wood-Nymph 8 Cercyonis pegala

American Lady 9 Vanessa virginiensis

Pearl Crescent 10 Phyciodes tharos

Eastern Comma 11 Polygonia comma

Question Mark 12 Polygonia interrogationis

Northern Pearly-eye 13 Lethe anthedon

Painted Lady 14 Vanessa cardui

Common Ringlet 15 Coenonympha tullia

Great Spangled Fritillary 16 Speyeria cybele

Appalachian Brown 17 Lethe appalachia

Eyed Brown 18 Lethe eurydice

Silver-bordered Fritillary 19 Boloria selene

Gray Comma 10 Polygonia progne

Common Buckeye 20 Junonia coenia

Compton Tortoiseshell 21 Nymphalis l-album