Acadia National Park Butterfly Guide 🦋

This ID guide can be used to help you or others ID butterflies that are found in Acadia National Park in Maine state (U.S.)

Northern Pearly-eye 1
Lethe anthedon
Pink-edged Sulphur 2
Colias interior
Arctic Skipper 3
Carterocephalus mandan
Northern Crescent 4
Phyciodes cocyta
Northern Azure 4
Celastrina lucia
Harris's Checkerspot 5
Chlosyne harrisii
Bog Copper 6
Tharsalea epixanthe
Eyed Brown 7
Lethe eurydice
Compton Tortoiseshell 8
Nymphalis l-album
Banded Hairstreak 9
Satyrium calanus
Aphrodite Fritillary 10
Speyeria aphrodite
Gray Comma 6
Polygonia progne
Question Mark 11
Polygonia interrogationis
Little Wood Satyr 12
Megisto cymela
Harvester 13
Feniseca tarquinius
Delaware Skipper 14
Anatrytone logan
Baltimore Checkerspot 15
Euphydryas phaeton
Striped Hairstreak 16
Satyrium liparops
Spring Azure 17
Celastrina ladon
Pepper and Salt Skipper 18
Amblyscirtes hegon
Two-spotted Skipper 19
Euphyes bimacula
Monarch 20
Danaus plexippus
Common Ringlet 21
Coenonympha california
Red Admiral 22
Vanessa atalanta
Small Copper 23
Lycaena phlaeas
Painted Lady 24
Vanessa cardui
Clouded Sulphur 25
Colias philodice
American Lady 26
Vanessa virginiensis
Mourning Cloak 27
Nymphalis antiopa
Red-spotted Admiral 28
Limenitis arthemis
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 29
Papilio canadensis
Hobomok Skipper 31
Lon hobomok
Common Wood-Nymph 32
Cercyonis pegala
Atlantis Fritillary 33
Speyeria atlantis
Dun Skipper 14
Euphyes vestris
Pearl Crescent 26
Phyciodes tharos
Brown Elfin 35
Callophrys augustinus
Silvery Blue 36
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Orange Sulphur 37
Colias eurytheme
Eastern Tailed-Blue 38
Cupido comyntas
Common Branded Skipper 39
Hesperia comma
Long Dash 40
Polites mystic
Viceroy 41
Limenitis archippus
Cabbage White 42
Pieris rapae
Common Buckeye 43
Junonia coenia
Essex Skipper 38
Thymelicus lineola
Juvenal's Duskywing 44
Erynnis juvenalis
Gray Hairstreak 45
Strymon melinus
Black Swallowtail 46
Papilio polyxenes
Common Roadside-Skipper 47
Amblyscirtes vialis
Eastern Pine Elfin 45
Callophrys niphon

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