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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Eastern Tailed-Blue ¹
Cupido comyntas

Banded Hairstreak ²
Satyrium calanus

Small Copper ³
Lycaena phlaeas

Bronze Copper ⁴
Lycaena hyllus

Edwards' Hairstreak ⁵
Satyrium edwardsii

Dorcas Copper ⁶
Lycaena dorcas

Acadian Hairstreak ⁷
Satyrium acadica

Hickory Hairstreak ⁸
Satyrium caryaevorus

Coral Hairstreak ⁴
Satyrium titus

Striped Hairstreak ⁹
Satyrium liparops

Eastern Pine Elfin ¹⁰
Callophrys niphon

Harvester ¹¹
Feniseca tarquinius

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Butterflies of Oakland County, MI

Eastern Tailed-Blue 1 Cupido comyntas

Banded Hairstreak 2 Satyrium calanus

Small Copper 3 Lycaena phlaeas

Bronze Copper 4 Lycaena hyllus

Edwards' Hairstreak 5 Satyrium edwardsii

Dorcas Copper 6 Lycaena dorcas

Acadian Hairstreak 7 Satyrium acadica

Hickory Hairstreak 8 Satyrium caryaevorus

Coral Hairstreak 4 Satyrium titus

Striped Hairstreak 9 Satyrium liparops

Eastern Pine Elfin 10 Callophrys niphon

Harvester 11 Feniseca tarquinius