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Butterflies and Skippers of GSMNP

This guide lists all recorded butterflies and skippers (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The species in this guide are taken from the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) for the Park, conducted by Discover Life in America (DLIA.org), and from an ...more ↓

Black Swallowtail 1
Papilio polyxenes
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 2
Papilio cresphontes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 4
Papilio troilus
Zebra Swallowtail 5
Eurytides marcellus
Pipevine Swallowtail 6
Battus philenor
Ocola Skipper 7
Panoquina ocola
Clouded Skipper 8
Lerema accius
Swarthy Skipper 9
Nastra lherminier
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 10
Amblyscirtes aesculapius
Pepper and Salt Skipper 11
Amblyscirtes hegon
Reversed Roadside-Skipper 12
Amblyscirtes reversa
Common Roadside-Skipper 13
Amblyscirtes vialis
Twin-spot Skipper 14
Oligoria maculata
Fiery Skipper 8
Hylephila phyleus
Hobomok Skipper 15
Poanes hobomok
Zabulon Skipper 16
Poanes zabulon
Sachem 17
Atalopedes campestris
Cobweb Skipper 11
Hesperia metea
Indian Skipper 18
Hesperia sassacus
Crossline Skipper 19
Polites origenes
Peck's Skipper 20
Polites peckius
Tawny-edged Skipper 19
Polites themistocles
Northern Broken-Dash 19
Wallengrenia egeremet
Dun Skipper 21
Euphyes vestris
Dusted Skipper 22
Atrytonopsis hianna
Little Glassywing 19
Pompeius verna
Least Skipper 23
Ancyloxypha numitor
Essex Skipper 24
Thymelicus lineola
Hoary Edge 10
Achalarus lyciades
Long-tailed Skipper 8
Urbanus proteus
Golden-banded Skipper 25
Autochton cellus
Southern Cloudywing 11
Thorybes bathyllus
Northern Cloudywing 16
Thorybes pylades
Silver-spotted Skipper 26
Epargyreus clarus
Wild Indigo Duskywing 27
Erynnis baptisiae
Sleepy Duskywing 28
Erynnis brizo
Horace's Duskywing 14
Erynnis horatius
Dreamy Duskywing 29
Erynnis icelus
Juvenal's Duskywing 6
Erynnis juvenalis
Mottled Duskywing 30
Erynnis martialis
Common Checkered-Skipper 31
Pyrgus communis
Goatweed Leafwing 32
Anaea andria
Hackberry Emperor 33
Asterocampa celtis
Viceroy 34
Limenitis archippus
Red-spotted Admiral 6
Limenitis arthemis
Baltimore Checkerspot 35
Euphydryas phaeton
Tawny Crescent 36
Phyciodes batesii
Northern Crescent 37
Phyciodes cocyta
Mimic Crescent 38
Phyciodes cocyta incognitus
Pearl Crescent 14
Phyciodes tharos
Silvery Checkerspot 8
Chlosyne nycteis
Red Admiral 39
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 40
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 41
Vanessa virginiensis
Mourning Cloak 42
Nymphalis antiopa
Eastern Comma 43
Polygonia comma
Green Comma 44
Polygonia faunus
Question Mark 7
Polygonia interrogationis
Grey Comma 36
Polygonia progne
Common Buckeye 45
Junonia coenia
Common Wood-Nymph 46
Cercyonis pegala
Northern Pearly-eye 47
Lethe anthedon
Appalachian Brown 16
Lethe appalachia
Gemmed Satyr 19
Cyllopsis gemma
Little Wood Satyr 20
Megisto cymela
Carolina Satyr 8
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Aphrodite Fritillary 48
Speyeria aphrodite
Great Spangled Fritillary 49
Speyeria cybele
Diana Fritillary 50
Speyeria diana
Variegated Fritillary 3
Euptoieta claudia
Meadow Fritillary 16
Boloria bellona
Gulf Fritillary 14
Agraulis vanillae
Monarch 51
Danaus plexippus
American Snout 30
Libytheana carinenta
White M Hairstreak 52
Parrhasius m-album
Gray Hairstreak 53
Strymon melinus
Early Hairstreak 15
Erora laeta
Banded Hairstreak 7
Satyrium calanus
King's Hairstreak 54
Satyrium kingi
Striped Hairstreak 30
Satyrium liparops
Brown Elfin 55
Callophrys augustinus
Juniper Hairstreak 36
Callophrys gryneus
Eastern Pine Elfin 56
Callophrys niphon
Great Purple Hairstreak 14
Atlides halesus
Red-banded Hairstreak 57
Calycopis cecrops
Small Copper 58
Lycaena phlaeas
Harvester 59
Feniseca tarquinius
Spring Azure 6
Celastrina ladon
Summer Azure 22
Celastrina neglecta
Appalachian Azure 60
Celastrina neglectamajor
Silvery Blue 61
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Eastern Tailed-Blue 62
Cupido comyntas
Little Yellow 19
Pyrisitia lisa
Cloudless Sulphur 30
Phoebis sennae
Barred Yellow 53
Eurema daira
Orange Sulphur 51
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 63
Colias philodice
Sleepy Orange 7
Abaeis nicippe
Falcate Orangetip 6
Anthocharis midea

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