Animals of Prince Edward Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard

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Canada Darner ¹
Aeshna canadensis

Lance-tipped Darner ²
Aeshna constricta

Variable Darner ³
Aeshna interrupta

Black-tipped Darner ⁴
Aeshna tuberculifera

Shadow Darner ⁵
Aeshna umbrosa

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁶
Aglais milberti

Agrypnia vestita

Pepper and Salt Skipper ⁷
Amblyscirtes hegon

Common Roadside-Skipper ⁸
Amblyscirtes vialis

Little Black Forestfly
Amphinemura nigritta

Common Green Darner ⁹
Anax junius

Least Skipper ¹⁰
Ancyloxypha numitor

Baetis tricaudatus

Banksiola crotchi

Purplish Fritillary ¹¹
Boloria chariclea

Silver-bordered Fritillary ¹²
Boloria selene

Clover Looper Moth ¹³
Caenurgina crassiuscula

Brown Elfin ¹⁴
Callophrys augustinus

Bog Elfin ¹⁵
Callophrys lanoraieensis

Eastern Pine Elfin ¹⁶
Callophrys niphon

Hoary Elfin ¹⁷
Callophrys polios

Arctic Skipper ¹⁸
Carterocephalus palaemon

Spring Azure ¹⁹
Celastrina ladon

Summer Azure ⁸
Celastrina neglecta

Common Wood Nymph ²⁰
Cercyonis pegala

Dull-eyed Grayling
Cercyonis pegala nephele

Harris's Checkerspot ²¹
Chlosyne harrisii

Silvery Checkerspot ²²
Chlosyne nycteis

Cinygmula subaequalis

Taiga Bluet ²³
Coenagrion resolutum

Coenonympha tullia mcisaaci

Orange Sulphur ⁵
Colias eurytheme

Pink-edged Sulphur ¹⁷
Colias interior

Clouded Sulphur ⁵
Colias philodice

American Emerald ²⁴
Cordulia shurtleffii

Virginia Ctenucha ²⁵
Ctenucha virginica

Racket-tailed Emerald ²⁶
Dorocordulia libera

Northern Bluet ²³
Enallagma annexum

Boreal Bluet ⁵
Enallagma boreale

Marsh Bluet ²⁷
Enallagma ebrium

Hagen's Bluet ⁵
Enallagma hageni

Quill Gordon ²⁸
Epeorus pleuralis

Beaverpond Baskettail ¹
Epitheca canis

Spiny Baskettail ²⁹
Epitheca spinigera

Dreamy Duskywing ³⁰
Erynnis icelus

Juvenal's Duskywing ³⁰
Erynnis juvenalis

Baltimore Checkerspot ²
Euphydryas phaeton

Dun Skipper ³¹
Euphyes vestris

Silvery Blue ³²
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Couper's Blue ³³
Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi

Common Branded Skipper ³⁴
Hesperia comma

Laurentian Skipper
Hesperia comma laurentina

Indian Skipper ⁷
Hesperia sassacus

Silver-striped Northern Caddis
Hesperophylax designatus

Fiery Skipper ¹⁷
Hylephila phyleus

Eastern Forktail ⁵
Ischnura verticalis

Chalk-fronted Corporal ³¹
Ladona julia

Leptophlebia intermedia

Spotted Spreadwing ²³
Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing ⁹
Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing ²³
Lestes dryas

Sweetflag Spreadwing ⁵
Lestes forcipatus

Northern Pearly-eye ⁷
Lethe anthedon

Eyed Brown ¹⁷
Lethe eurydice

Hudsonian Whiteface ³⁵
Leucorrhinia hudsonica

Dot-tailed Whiteface ¹
Leucorrhinia intacta

Belted Whiteface ²³
Leucorrhinia proxima

Atlantic Needlefly
Leuctra duplicata

Eastern Needlefly
Leuctra ferruginea

Four-spotted Skimmer ³⁶
Libellula quadrimaculata

Viceroy ³⁷
Limenitis archippus

White Admiral ³⁸
Limenitis arthemis arthemis

Limnephilus moestus

Limnephilus ornatus

Limnephilus rhombicus

Salt Marsh Copper ³³
Lycaena dospassosi

Bog Copper ²⁴
Lycaena epixanthe

Bronze Copper ¹⁹
Lycaena hyllus

American Copper ³⁹
Lycaena phlaeas

Lype diversa

Sedge Sprite ⁵
Nehalennia irene

Mourning Cloak ⁴⁰
Nymphalis antiopa

False Comma ⁴¹
Nymphalis l-album

Oecetis inconspicua

Oecetis osteni

Jutta Arctic ³³
Oeneis jutta ascerta

Onocosmoecus unicolor

Short-tailed Swallowtail ⁴¹
Papilio brevicauda

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail ⁴²
Papilio canadensis

Black Swallowtail ⁴¹
Papilio polyxenes

Paraleptophlebia debilis

Parapsyche apicalis

Phryganea cinerea

Northern Crescent ³⁸
Phyciodes cocyta

Pearl Crescent ⁴³
Phyciodes tharos

Mustard White ³⁰
Pieris oleracea

Cabbage White ⁴⁴
Pieris rapae

Common Whitetail ⁴⁵
Plathemis lydia

Northern Blue ³⁴
Plebejus idas

Greenish Blue ²²
Plebejus saepiolus

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Animals of Prince Edward Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Canada Darner 1 Aeshna canadensis

Lance-tipped Darner 2 Aeshna constricta

Variable Darner 3 Aeshna interrupta

Black-tipped Darner 4 Aeshna tuberculifera

Shadow Darner 5 Aeshna umbrosa

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 6 Aglais milberti

Pepper and Salt Skipper 7 Amblyscirtes hegon

Common Roadside-Skipper 8 Amblyscirtes vialis

Little Black Forestfly Amphinemura nigritta

Common Green Darner 9 Anax junius

Least Skipper 10 Ancyloxypha numitor

Purplish Fritillary 11 Boloria chariclea

Silver-bordered Fritillary 12 Boloria selene

Clover Looper Moth 13 Caenurgina crassiuscula

Brown Elfin 14 Callophrys augustinus

Bog Elfin 15 Callophrys lanoraieensis

Eastern Pine Elfin 16 Callophrys niphon

Hoary Elfin 17 Callophrys polios

Arctic Skipper 18 Carterocephalus palaemon

Spring Azure 19 Celastrina ladon

Summer Azure 8 Celastrina neglecta

Common Wood Nymph 20 Cercyonis pegala

Dull-eyed Grayling Cercyonis pegala nephele

Harris's Checkerspot 21 Chlosyne harrisii

Silvery Checkerspot 22 Chlosyne nycteis

Taiga Bluet 23 Coenagrion resolutum

Orange Sulphur 5 Colias eurytheme

Pink-edged Sulphur 17 Colias interior

Clouded Sulphur 5 Colias philodice

American Emerald 24 Cordulia shurtleffii

Virginia Ctenucha 25 Ctenucha virginica

Racket-tailed Emerald 26 Dorocordulia libera

Northern Bluet 23 Enallagma annexum

Boreal Bluet 5 Enallagma boreale

Marsh Bluet 27 Enallagma ebrium

Hagen's Bluet 5 Enallagma hageni

Quill Gordon 28 Epeorus pleuralis

Beaverpond Baskettail 1 Epitheca canis

Spiny Baskettail 29 Epitheca spinigera

Dreamy Duskywing 30 Erynnis icelus

Juvenal's Duskywing 30 Erynnis juvenalis

Baltimore Checkerspot 2 Euphydryas phaeton

Dun Skipper 31 Euphyes vestris

Silvery Blue 32 Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Couper's Blue 33 Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi

Common Branded Skipper 34 Hesperia comma

Laurentian Skipper Hesperia comma laurentina

Indian Skipper 7 Hesperia sassacus

Silver-striped Northern Caddis Hesperophylax designatus

Fiery Skipper 17 Hylephila phyleus

Eastern Forktail 5 Ischnura verticalis

Chalk-fronted Corporal 31 Ladona julia

Spotted Spreadwing 23 Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing 9 Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing 23 Lestes dryas

Sweetflag Spreadwing 5 Lestes forcipatus

Northern Pearly-eye 7 Lethe anthedon

Eyed Brown 17 Lethe eurydice

Hudsonian Whiteface 35 Leucorrhinia hudsonica

Dot-tailed Whiteface 1 Leucorrhinia intacta

Belted Whiteface 23 Leucorrhinia proxima

Atlantic Needlefly Leuctra duplicata

Eastern Needlefly Leuctra ferruginea

Four-spotted Skimmer 36 Libellula quadrimaculata

Viceroy 37 Limenitis archippus

White Admiral 38 Limenitis arthemis arthemis

Salt Marsh Copper 33 Lycaena dospassosi

Bog Copper 24 Lycaena epixanthe

Bronze Copper 19 Lycaena hyllus

American Copper 39 Lycaena phlaeas

Sedge Sprite 5 Nehalennia irene

Mourning Cloak 40 Nymphalis antiopa

False Comma 41 Nymphalis l-album

Jutta Arctic 33 Oeneis jutta ascerta

Short-tailed Swallowtail 41 Papilio brevicauda

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 42 Papilio canadensis

Black Swallowtail 41 Papilio polyxenes

Northern Crescent 38 Phyciodes cocyta

Pearl Crescent 43 Phyciodes tharos