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Butterflies of Jamaica Bay, Gateway National Recreation Area

All of these butterfly's have been observed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge by Don Riepe in 2015

Pipevine Swallowtail 1
Battus philenor
Black Swallowtail 2
Papilio polyxenes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 4
Papilio troilus
Cabbage White 5
Pieris rapae
Clouded Sulphur 6
Colias philodice
Orange Sulphur 6
Colias eurytheme
American Copper 7
Lycaena phlaeas
Coral Hairstreak 8
Satyrium titus
Banded Hairstreak 9
Satyrium calanus
Hickory Hairstreak
Satyrium caryaevorus
Striped Hairstreak 10
Satyrium liparops
Oak Hairstreak 11
Satyrium favonius
Gray Hairstreak 12
Strymon melinus
Red-banded Hairstreak 9
Calycopis cecrops
Eastern Tailed-Blue 13
Cupido comyntas
Spring Azure 8
Celastrina ladon
American Snout 14
Libytheana carinenta
Variegated Fritillary 3
Euptoieta claudia
Great Spangled Fritillary 15
Speyeria cybele
Silvery Checkerspot 16
Chlosyne nycteis
Pearl Crescent 17
Phyciodes tharos
Baltimore Checkerspot 18
Euphydryas phaeton
Question Mark 19
Polygonia interrogationis
Eastern Comma 20
Polygonia comma
Mourning Cloak 21
Nymphalis antiopa
American Lady 22
Vanessa virginiensis
Red Admiral 23
Vanessa atalanta
Common Buckeye 24
Junonia coenia
Red-spotted Purple 25
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Red-spotted Admiral 26
Limenitis arthemis
Viceroy 27
Limenitis archippus
Tawny Emperor 28
Asterocampa clyton
Little Wood-Satyr 29
Megisto cymela
Common Wood Nymph 30
Cercyonis pegala
Monarch 31
Danaus plexippus
Silver-spotted Skipper 32
Epargyreus clarus
Hoary Edge 33
Achalarus lyciades
Horace's Duskywing 34
Erynnis horatius
Wild Indigo Duskywing 16
Erynnis baptisiae
Common Checkered-Skipper 35
Pyrgus communis
Common Sootywing
Pholisora catullus
Swarthy Skipper 36
Nastra lherminier
Least Skipper 37
Ancyloxypha numitor
European Skipper 38
Thymelicus lineola
Fiery Skipper 39
Hylephila phyleus
Peck's Skipper 40
Polites peckius
Tawny-edged Skipper 41
Polites themistocles
Crossline Skipper 40
Polites origenes
Little Glassywing 40
Pompeius verna
Delaware Skipper 39
Anatrytone logan
Hobomok Skipper 19
Poanes hobomok
Zabulon Skipper 39
Poanes zabulon
Broad-winged Skipper 16
Poanes viator
Black Dash 41
Euphyes conspicua
Dun Skipper 33
Euphyes vestris

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