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Butterflies of Manitoba

This is a guide to the butterfly species that regularly occur in Manitoba, Canada. For more information about butterflies in Manitoba, check out the following resources:

The Butterflies of Manitoba by Klassen, Westwood, Preston, and McKillop.

Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide ...more ↓

Cranberry Blue 1
Plebejus optilete
Greenish Blue 2
Plebejus saepiolus
Hobomok Skipper 3
Poanes hobomok
Broad-winged Skipper 4
Poanes viator
Long Dash 5
Polites mystic
Peck's Skipper 6
Polites peckius
Tawny-edged Skipper 7
Polites themistocles
Eastern Comma 8
Polygonia comma
Green Comma 9
Polygonia faunus
Hoary Comma 10
Polygonia gracilis
Question Mark 3
Polygonia interrogationis
Grey Comma 11
Polygonia progne
Satyr Comma 12
Polygonia satyrus
Western White 13
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 2
Pontia protodice
Northern Grizzled Skipper 10
Pyrgus centaureae
Common Checkered-Skipper 14
Pyrgus communis
Acadian Hairstreak 15
Satyrium acadica
Banded Hairstreak 16
Satyrium calanus
Edwards' Hairstreak 17
Satyrium edwardsii
Striped Hairstreak 18
Satyrium liparops
Coral Hairstreak 19
Satyrium titus
Aphrodite Fritillary 20
Speyeria aphrodite
Atlantis Fritillary 2
Speyeria atlantis
Callippe Fritillary
Speyeria callippe
Great Spangled Fritillary 2
Speyeria cybele
Edwards' Fritillary 2
Speyeria edwardsii
Northwestern Fritillary 21
Speyeria hesperis
Regal Fritillary 2
Speyeria idalia
Mormon Fritillary 22
Speyeria mormonia
Gray Hairstreak 23
Strymon melinus
Southern Cloudywing 7
Thorybes bathyllus
Northern Cloudywing 13
Thorybes pylades
European Skipper 24
Thymelicus lineola
Red Admiral 25
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 26
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 27
Vanessa virginiensis
Northern Broken-Dash 6
Wallengrenia egeremet
Common Buckeye 28
Junonia coenia

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