Minute Man National Historical Park Butterfly Guide 🦋

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

The following species are found in Minute Man National Historical Park but are not on iNaturalist and not contained in this ...more ↓

All 53

Frosted Elfin ¹
Callophrys irus

Least Skipper ²
Ancyloxypha numitor

Silver-bordered Fritillary ³
Boloria selene

Eastern Pine Elfin ⁴
Callophrys niphon

Dusted Skipper ⁵
Atrytonopsis hianna

Holly Blue ⁶
Celastrina argiolus

Henry's Elfin ⁷
Callophrys henrici

Summer Azure ⁸
Celastrina neglecta

Juvenal's Duskywing ⁹
Erynnis juvenalis

Sleepy Duskywing ¹⁰
Erynnis brizo

Cobweb Skipper ¹¹
Hesperia metea

Baltimore Checkerspot ¹²
Euphydryas phaeton

Appalachian Brown ¹³
Lethe appalachia

Indian Skipper ¹⁴
Hesperia sassacus

Red-spotted Purple ¹⁵
Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Hobomok Skipper ¹⁶
Lon hobomok

Little Wood Satyr ¹⁷
Megisto cymela

Spicebush Swallowtail ¹⁸
Papilio troilus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁹
Papilio glaucus

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail ²⁰
Papilio canadensis

Peck's Skipper ²¹
Polites peckius

Eastern Comma ²²
Polygonia comma

Tawny-edged Skipper ¹
Polites themistocles

Coral Hairstreak ²³
Satyrium titus

Northern Broken-Dash ²⁴
Polites egeremet

Common Wood-Nymph ²⁵
Cercyonis pegala

Clouded Sulphur ²⁶
Colias philodice

Monarch ²⁷
Danaus plexippus

Eastern Tailed-Blue ²⁴
Cupido comyntas

Orange Sulphur ²⁸
Colias eurytheme

Large Heath ²⁹
Coenonympha tullia

Silver-spotted Skipper ³⁰
Epargyreus clarus

Common Buckeye ³¹
Junonia coenia

Dun Skipper ³²
Euphyes vestris

Viceroy ³³
Limenitis archippus

Small Copper ³⁴
Lycaena phlaeas

Black Swallowtail ³⁵
Papilio polyxenes

Mourning Cloak ³⁶
Nymphalis antiopa

Common Sootywing ³⁷
Pholisora catullus

Pearl Crescent ³⁸
Phyciodes tharos

Cabbage White ³⁹
Pieris rapae

Long Dash ⁴⁰
Polites mystic

Great Spangled Fritillary ⁴¹
Speyeria cybele

Painted Lady ⁴²
Vanessa cardui

Gray Hairstreak ⁴
Strymon melinus

Red Admiral ⁴³
Vanessa atalanta

Essex Skipper ²⁴
Thymelicus lineola

American Lady ³⁸
Vanessa virginiensis

Northern Cloudywing ⁴⁴
Thorybes pylades

Striped Hairstreak ⁴⁵
Satyrium liparops

Question Mark ⁴⁶
Polygonia interrogationis

Banded Hairstreak ⁴⁷
Satyrium calanus

Juniper Hairstreak ⁴⁸
Callophrys gryneus

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