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Mason Farm Butterflies

A list of butterflies at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in Chapel Hill, NC.

Sleepy Orange 1
Abaeis nicippe
Great Purple Hairstreak 2
Atlides halesus
Hackberry Emperor 3
Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor 4
Asterocampa clyton
Pipevine Swallowtail 5
Battus philenor
Gulf Fritillary 6
Agraulis vanillae
Red-banded Hairstreak 7
Calycopis cecrops
Brown Elfin 8
Callophrys augustinus
Eastern Pine Elfin 9
Callophrys niphon
Spring Azure 10
Celastrina ladon
Summer Azure 11
Celastrina neglecta
Common Wood Nymph 12
Cercyonis pegala
Silvery Checkerspot 3
Chlosyne nycteis
Orange Sulphur 13
Colias eurytheme
Eastern Tailed-Blue 14
Cupido comyntas
Gemmed Satyr 3
Cyllopsis gemma
Clouded Sulphur 13
Colias philodice
Painted Lady 15
Vanessa cardui
Zebra Swallowtail 16
Eurytides marcellus
Queen Butterfly 17
Danaus gilippus
Monarch 17
Danaus plexippus
Creole Pearly-eye 18
Lethe creola
Southern Pearly-eye 19
Lethe portlandia
Variegated Fritillary 1
Euptoieta claudia
Zebra Longwing 20
Heliconius charithonia
Barred Yellow 10
Eurema daira
Harvester 21
Feniseca tarquinius
Carolina Satyr 4
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Common Buckeye 22
Junonia coenia
Incisalia henrici 6
Appalachian Brown 23
Lethe appalachia
American Snout 24
Libytheana carinenta
Red-spotted Admiral 25
Limenitis arthemis
Swarthy Skipper 26
Nastra lherminier
Viceroy 27
Limenitis archippus
Little Wood Satyr 28
Megisto cymela
Juniper Hairstreak 29
Callophrys gryneus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Papilio glaucus
Palamedes Swallowtail 30
Papilio palamedes
Dainty Sulphur 29
Nathalis iole
White M Hairstreak 31
Parrhasius m-album
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 11
Heraclides cresphontes
Black Swallowtail 32
Papilio polyxenes
Cloudless Sulphur 29
Phoebis sennae
Pearl Crescent 33
Phyciodes tharos
Cabbage White 34
Pieris rapae
Common Sootywing
Pholisora catullus
Eastern Comma 16
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 35
Polygonia interrogationis
Little Yellow 19
Pyrisitia lisa
Striped Hairstreak 36
Satyrium liparops
Oak Hairstreak 37
Satyrium favonius
Coral Hairstreak 10
Satyrium titus
Banded Hairstreak 7
Satyrium calanus
Great Spangled Fritillary 29
Speyeria cybele
Gray Hairstreak 38
Strymon melinus
Red Admiral 39
Vanessa atalanta
American Lady 40
Vanessa virginiensis
Southern Dogface 41
Zerene cesonia
Incisalia 6
Nymphalis antiopa 42
Ancyloxypha numitor 43
Amblyscirtes aesculapius 10
Amblyscirtes carolina
Amblyscirtes hegon 2
Amblyscirtes vialis 11
Anatrytone logan 23
Atalopedes campestris 23
Calpodes ethlius
Euphyes dion 10
Euphyes vestris 19
Atrytonopsis hianna 44
Hesperia leonardus 45
Hesperia metea 2
Hylephila phylaeus
Lerema accius 29
Lerodea eufala 46
Nastra lherminier 26
Panoquina ocola 10
Poanes hobomok 35
Poanes zabulon 23
Polites origenes 45
Polites themistocles 2
Pompeius verna 45
Wallengrenia otho 17
Wallengrenia egeremet 45
Epargyreus clarus 47
Pyrgus communis 48
Urbanus proteus
Autochton cellus 10
Achalarus lyciades 19
Thorybes pylades 23
Thorybes bathyllus 2
Thorybes confusis
Urbanus dorantes 49
Erynnis horatius 41
Erynnis juvenalis 50
Erynnis zarucco 10
Erynnis baptisiae 3
Erynnis brizo 51

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