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Oklahoma Butterfly Checklist by County Oklahoma Butterfly Checklist by County Compiled by John M. Nelson & John F. Fisher Adair Alfalfa Atoka Beaver Beckham Blaine Bryan Caddo Canadian Carter Cherokee Choctaw Cimarron Cleveland Coal Comanche Cotton Craig Creek Custer Delaware Dewey Ellis Garfield Garvin Grady Grant Greer Harmon Harper Haskell Hughes Jackson Jefferson Johnston Kay Kingfisher Kiowa Latimer Sort SubFamily Species Total Cty 006 Spread-wing Skippers Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus 77 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 0015 Spread-wing Skippers Gold-spotted Aguna Aguna asander 1 y 022 Spread-wing Skippers Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus 13 x x x y x 026 Spread-wing Skippers Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes 1 037 Spread-wing Skippers Golden Banded-Skipper Autochton cellus 4 x x 040 Spread-wing Skippers Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades 46 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 046 Spread-wing Skippers Southern Cloudywing Thorybes bathyllus 56 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 047 Spread-wing Skippers Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades 52 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 048 Spread-wing Skippers Confusing Cloudywing Thorybes confusis 33 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 054 Spread-wing Skippers Outis Skipper Cogia outis 13 x x x x x x 070 Spread-wing Skippers Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii 60 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 071 Spread-wing Skippers Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus 64 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 079 Spread-wing Skippers Hermit Skipper Grais stigmaticus 1 086 Spread-wing Skippers Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus 11 x x x x 087 Spread-wing Skippers Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo 33 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 088 Spread-wing Skippers Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis 49 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 089 Spread-wing Skippers Rocky Mountain Duskywing Erynnis telemachus 1 x 093 Spread-wing Skippers Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius 68 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 95 Spread-wing Skippers Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis 14 x x x x x x 97 Spread-wing Skippers Zarucco Duskywing Erynnis zarucco 21 x x y x x x x x x 98 Spread-wing Skippers Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis 51 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 99 Spread-wing Skippers Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae 52 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 104 Spread-wing Skippers Sickle-winged Skipper Eantis tamenund 4 x 111 Spread-wing Skippers Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus 5 x x x x 117 Spread-wing Skippers Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis 77 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 144 Giant-Skippers Yucca Giant-Skipper Megathymus yuccae 20 x x x x x x x x 147 Giant-Skippers Strecker's Giant-Skipper Megathymus streckeri 5 x x x 151 Grass-Skippers Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor 62 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 156 Grass-Skippers Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiaca 26 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 157 Grass-Skippers Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima 2 160 Grass-Skippers Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius 15 y x x x x x 164 Grass-Skippers Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola 18 x x x x x x x x x 174 Grass-Skippers Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus 11 x x x x x 175 Grass-Skippers Linda's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes linda 11 x x x 176 Grass-Skippers Oslar's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes oslari 2 x 178 Grass-Skippers Pepper and Salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon 9 x x x 182 Grass-Skippers Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aesculapius 7 x x 183 Grass-Skippers Carolina Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes carolina 1 184 Grass-Skippers Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa 37 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 185 Grass-Skippers Dotted Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes eos 12 x x x x x x x x 186 Grass-Skippers Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis 66 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 187 Grass-Skippers Dusky Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes alternata 7 x y 189 Grass-Skippers Bell's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes belli 57 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x y: records added in 2021 Page 1 of 10 Rev. Aug. 27, 2021 Oklahoma Butterfly Checklist by County Compiled by John M. Nelson & John F. Fisher Leflore Lincoln Logan Love McClain McCurtain McIntosh Major Marshall Mayes Murray Muskogee Noble Nowata Okfuskee Oklahoma Okmulgee Osage Ottawa Pawnee Payne Pittsburg Pontotoc Pottawatomie Pushmataha MillsRoger Rogers Seminole Sequoyah Stephens Texas Tillman Tulsa Wagoner Washington Washita Woods Woodward Sort SubFamily Species Total Cty 006 Spread-wing Skippers Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus 77 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 0015 Spread-wing Skippers Gold-spotted Aguna Aguna asander 1 022 Spread-wing Skippers Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus 13 x x x x x x x x 026 Spread-wing Skippers Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes 1 x 037 Spread-wing Skippers Golden Banded-Skipper Autochton cellus 4 x x 040 Spread-wing Skippers Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades 46 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 046 Spread-wing Skippers Southern Cloudywing Thorybes bathyllus 56 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 047 Spread-wing Skippers Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades 52 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 048 Spread-wing Skippers Confusing Cloudywing Thorybes confusis 33 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x y x 054 Spread-wing Skippers Outis Skipper Cogia outis 13 x x x x x x x 070 Spread-wing Skippers Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii 60 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 071 Spread-wing Skippers Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus 64 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 079 Spread-wing Skippers Hermit Skipper Grais stigmaticus 1 x 086 Spread-wing Skippers Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus 11 x x x x x x x 087 Spread-wing Skippers Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo 33 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 088 Spread-wing Skippers Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis 49 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 089 Spread-wing Skippers Rocky Mountain Duskywing Erynnis telemachus 1 093 Spread-wing Skippers Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius 68 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 95 Spread-wing Skippers Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis 14 x x x x x x x x 97 Spread-wing Skippers Zarucco Duskywing Erynnis zarucco 21 x x x x x x x x x x x x 98 Spread-wing Skippers Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis 51 x x y x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 99 Spread-wing Skippers Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae 52 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x y x x x x 104 Spread-wing Skippers Sickle-winged Skipper Eantis tamenund 4 x x x 111 Spread-wing Skippers Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus 5 x 117 Spread-wing Skippers Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis 77 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 144 Giant-Skippers Yucca Giant-Skipper Megathymus yuccae 20 x x x x x x x x x x x x 147 Giant-Skippers Strecker's Giant-Skipper Megathymus streckeri 5 x x 151 Grass-Skippers Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor 62 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 156 Grass-Skippers Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiaca 26 x x x x x x x x x x 157 Grass-Skippers Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima 2 x x 160 Grass-Skippers Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius 15 x x x x x x x x x 164 Grass-Skippers Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola 18 x x x x x x x x x 174 Grass-Skippers Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus 11 x x x x x x 175 Grass-Skippers Linda's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes linda 11 x x x x x y x x 176 Grass-Skippers Oslar's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes oslari 2 x 178 Grass-Skippers Pepper and Salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon 9 x x x x x x 182 Grass-Skippers Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aesculapius 7 x x x x x 183 Grass-Skippers Carolina Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes carolina 1 y 184 Grass-Skippers Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa 37 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 185 Grass-Skippers Dotted Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes eos 12 x x x x 186 Grass-Skippers Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis 66 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 187 Grass-Skippers Dusky Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes alternata 7 y y x x x 189 Grass-Skippers Bell's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes belli 57 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x y: records added in 2021 Page 2 of 10 Rev.
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