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Illinois Butterflies - Common Species

Butterflies found on the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network's Common Species training guide.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Papilio glaucus
Cabbage White 2
Pieris rapae
Black Swallowtail 3
Papilio polyxenes
Orange Sulphur 4
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 4
Colias philodice
Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
Cupido comyntas
Spring Azure 6
Celastrina ladon
Summer Azure 7
Celastrina neglecta
Monarch 8
Danaus plexippus
Viceroy 9
Limenitis archippus
Hackberry Emperor 10
Asterocampa celtis
Red-spotted Purple 11
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Question Mark 12
Polygonia interrogationis
Eastern Comma 13
Polygonia comma
Mourning Cloak 14
Nymphalis antiopa
Red Admiral 15
Vanessa atalanta
American Lady 16
Vanessa virginiensis
Painted Lady 17
Vanessa cardui
Common Buckeye 18
Junonia coenia
Pearl Crescent 19
Phyciodes tharos
Great Spangled Fritillary 20
Speyeria cybele
Little Wood Satyr 21
Megisto cymela
Northern Pearly-eye 22
Lethe anthedon
Eyed Brown 23
Lethe eurydice
Common Wood Nymph 24
Cercyonis pegala
Silver-spotted Skipper 25
Epargyreus clarus

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