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The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 2
Papilio troilus
Pipevine Swallowtail 3
Battus philenor
Least Skipper 4
Ancyloxypha numitor
Silver-spotted Skipper 5
Epargyreus clarus
Hackberry Emperor 6
Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor 7
Asterocampa clyton
Red-spotted Admiral 8
Limenitis arthemis
Red-spotted Purple 9
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Northern Crescent 10
Phyciodes cocyta
Pearl Crescent 11
Phyciodes tharos
Red Admiral 12
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 13
Vanessa cardui
Eastern Comma 14
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 15
Polygonia interrogationis
Common Buckeye 16
Junonia coenia
Monarch 17
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 18
Strymon melinus
Eastern Tailed-Blue 19
Cupido comyntas
Orange Sulphur 20
Colias eurytheme
Cabbage White 21
Pieris rapae

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