2019 SHNP Butterfly Checklist
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Gossamer-wings: Family Lycaenidae Heliconians & Fritillaries: Subfamily Heliconiinae Hairstreaks: Subfamily Theclinae ____Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) Butterflies ____Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus gryneus) ____Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona bellona) ____Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) ____Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele cybele) of the ____Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus humuli) Stone Head Nature Preserve Pearl Crescent Eastern Tailed-Blue Eastern Comma Great Spangled Gray Hairstreak Fritillary True Brushfoots: Subfamily Nymphalinae Blues: Subfamily Polyommatinae ____American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) ____Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas comyntas) ____Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) ____Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) ____Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta rubria) ____Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) Date: __________________________________________ ____Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Habitats visited: __________________________________ ____Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia coenia) Monarch Observers: ______________________________________ ____Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis nycteis) _______________________________________________ ____Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos tharos) Viceroy _______________________________________________ Satyrs: Subfamily Satyrinae Time: ____:____ - ____:____ Tempeture: ____ - _____ Brushfoots: Family Nymphalidae ____Northern Pearly-eye (Lethe anthedon anthedon) %Sun: _______ Wind: ________ Precipitation: ________ Snouts: Subfamily Libytheinae ____Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma gemma) This list is complete as of spring 2019 but there are many species ____American Snout (Libytheana carinenta bachmanii) which likely occur on the preserve that we have not yet recorded. ____Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala pegala) If you see any species not listed, please report them, along with Milkweed Butterflies: Subfamily Danainae photo documentation, to [email protected]. Thank you! ____Monarch (Danaus plexippus plexippus) Admirals: Subfamily Limenitidinae Common ____Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astynax) Wood-Nymph ____Viceroy (Limenitis archippus archippus) all photographs © Jeffrey E. Belth and used with permission © Stone Head Conservancy 2019 Stone Head Nature Preserve is a 122-acre, privately- owned nature preserve nestled in the beautiful hills of Brown County in south-central Indiana. The preserve is open to the public from dawn to dusk 365 days a year. The Preserve contains four basic habitat types, all with Least Skipper maintained trails. These include an area of six restored wet- land impoundments, known as the Zimmerman Wetland Bird Habitat, a riparian corridor along the Middle Fork Fiery Skipper of Salt Creek, (one of the three major sources of water for Lake Monroe, located about 8 miles downstream), two Little Glassywing large meadows—one near Bellsville Pike and the other immediately south of Salt Creek—and finally, roughly 90 Grass Skippers: Subfamily Hesperiinae Eastern Tiger acres of mid-successional to mature woodlands. Swallowtail Stone Head Nature Preserve is leased, maintained, and ____Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor) managed by the Stone Head Conservancy, a 501(c)3 non- Swallowtails & Parnassians: Family Papilionidae profit public charity organization dedicated to leaving this ____Swarthy Skipper (Nastra llherminier) world a better place through the permanent preservation Swallowtails, Subfamily Papilioninae of the uniqueness and diversity of the Stone Head Nature ____Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus phyleus) Preserve. ____Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius peckius) ____Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor philenor) For further information about the Stone Head Nature Preserve, including a trail map of the Preserve and how you ____Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles themistocles) ____Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius) can support the Stone Head Conservancy, see the Conser- ____Giant Swallowtail (Papilo cresphontes) vancy’s website at stoneheadconservancy.org, or find them ____Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet) on Facebook. ____Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) ____Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus) ____Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) ____Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus troilus) ____Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon) Silver-spotted ____Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan) Skipper Cabbage White Skippers: Family Hesperiidae Sulphurs & Whites: Family Pieridae Dicot Skippers: Subfamily Eudaminae Peck’s Skipper Sulphurs: Subfamily Coliadinae ____Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus clarus) ____Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Tawny-edged ____Southern Cloudywing (Thorybus bathyllus) Skipper ____Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa lisa) Spreadwing Skippers: Subfamily Pyrginae Zabulon ____Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Skipper ____Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo brizo) ____Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice philodice) ____Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis juvenalis) Northern ____Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Broken-Dash ____Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae) ____Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae sennae) ____Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis communis) Sachem ____Cabbage White (Pieris rapae rapae).