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Checklist of Kansas Butterflies CHECKLIST OF ( * = ERRATICS - 54 SPECIES) SPECIES RECORDED IN KANSAS WHOSE THE DIRECTION FROM KANSAS OF THEIR KANSAS BUTTERFLIES NORMAL RANGE IS IN AN ADJOINING NORMAL RANGE IS SHOWN IN BRACKETS{ } STATE ARE INDICATED AS STRAYS (190 SPECIES) FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE - - SWALLOWTAILS FAMILY LYCAENIDAE- - GOSSAMER-WINGS Revised February 4, 2011 by - 12 species – 32 species Jim Mason Great Plains Nature Center Pipevine Swallowtail – All but NW 1/8 Harvester – E 1/4 6232 E. 29th St. N. Zebra Swallowtail – SE 1/4 American Copper – Stray E Wichita, KS 67220 Black Swallowtail - All Gray Copper -All (316) 683-5499 x103 * Baird’s Old World Swallowtail {NW} Bronze Copper - All [email protected] ____ Anise Swallowtail – Stray W Purplish Copper – Stray NW * Thoas Swallowtail {S} Great Purple Hairstreak – Stray S Data sources: Giant Swallowtail – E 1/2 Soapberry Hairstreak- SC 1/4 * Ornythion Swallowtail {S} Coral Hairstreak – All but W 1/4 Occurrence: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail – E 2/3 Acadian Hairstreak – Stray N • Kansas School Naturalist, Vol. 37, No. 4 * Two-tailed Swallowtail – Stray W Edwards’ Hairstreak – Stray E “Checklist of Kansas Butterflies” Spicebush Swallowtail – E 1/4 Banded Hairstreak – E 2/3 April 1991 * Ruby-spotted Swallowtail {S} Hickory Hairstreak – Stray E by Marvin Schwilling and Charles Ely. Striped Hairstreak – NE 1/8 FAMILY PIERIDAE - - WHITES, SULPHURS & Southern Hairstreak - SE 1/4 Available from: ORANGE-TIPS – 24 species Henry’s Elfin – E 1/3 'Olive' Juniper Hairstreak – E 2/3 Kansas School Naturalist * Florida White {S} White M Hairstreak – Stray E 1200 Commercial Street Checkered White - All Gray Hairstreak - All Emporia, KS 66801-5087 * Western White {W} Red-banded Hairstreak – Stray SE Cabbage White - All * Dusky-blue Groundstreak {S} • Updates to list - Pers. Comm., Charles Ely * Great Southern White {S} * Gray Ministreak {S} * Giant White {S} Western Pygmy-Blue – SW 1/4 Olympia Marble - All Distribution: * Cassius Blue {S} Falcate Orangetip – SE 1/4 Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North Marine Blue – All but NE 1/8 Clouded Sulphur – All America, 2003 * Ceraunus Blue {S} Orange Sulphur - All By Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufman Reakirt’s Blue - All Southern Dogface - All Eastern Tailed-Blue - All * White Angled-Sulphur {SW} Butterflies & Moths of North America website Spring Azure – All Cloudless Sulphur - All www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ ____ Summer Azure - All * Orange-barred Sulphur {S} * Silvery Blue {W} * Apricot Sulphur {S} Melissa Blue – W 1/2 Taxonomy and Nomenclature - * Large Orange Sulphur {S} Lupine Blue – W 1/2 Butterflies & Moths of North America website * Statira Sulphur {S} www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ * Lyside Sulphur {S} Mexican Yellow – All but NE 1/8 * Tailed Orange {S} Little Yellow – E 2/3 * Mimosa Yellow {S} Sleepy Orange – All but NW 1/8 Dainty Sulphur - All _ Gemmed Satyr – Stray SE 1/8 _ _ Arogos Skipper – All but SW 1/4 FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE - - BRUSHFOOTS * _ Carolina Satyr {SE} _ Delaware Skipper – All - 59 species _ Little Wood Satyr – E 2/3 _ Byssus Skipper – SE 1/4 _ Red Satyr – Stray SW _ Hobomok Skipper – E 1/2 American Snout - All _ Common Wood Nymph - All _ Zabulon Skipper – E 1/2 Gulf Fritillary – Stray S _ Monarch – All _ Dion Skipper – Stray SE * Banded Orange Heliconian {S} _ Queen – Stray S 1/2 ___ Two-Spotted Skipper – Stray N * Julia Heliconian {S} * Tiger Mimic-Queen {S} Dun Skipper – All * Isabella’s Heliconian {S} Dusted Skipper - All * Zebra Heliconian {S} FAMILY HESPERIIDAE- - SKIPPERS Bronze Roadside-Skipper – Stray SW Variegated Fritillary - All ___ Linda’s Roadside-Skipper - Stray SE - 63 species Great Spangled Fritillary – NE 2/3 Oslar’s Roadside-Skipper – W 1/4 Aphrodite Fritillary – Stray N Nysa Roadside-Skipper- E 2/3 Regal Fritillary – All, Stray W 1/2 _ Silver-spotted Skipper - All * Dotted Roadside-Skipper {SW} Edwards’ Fritillary – Stray W *_ Long-tailed Skipper {S} Common Roadside-Skipper – All Fulvia Checkerspot – W 1/2 _ Hoary Edge - E 1/4 Bell’s Roadside-Skipper – SE 1/4 Bordered Patch – SW 1/4 _ Southern Cloudywing - E 1/2 Eufala Skipper – All Gorgone Checkerspot - All _ Northern Cloudywing - E 1/2 * Brazilian Skipper {S} Silvery Checkerspot – E 1/2 _ Confused Cloudywing - SE 1/4 Yucca Giant-Skipper – W 1/2 * Texan Crescent {S} _ Hayhurst’s Scallopwing - E 2/3 Strecker’s Giant-Skipper – SW & NW Graphic Crescent – Stray S * _ Sickle-winged Skipper {S} Phaon Crescent – SE 1/2 * _ Hermit Skipper {S} Other species Pearl Crescent - All * _ White-patched Skipper {S} * Field Crescent {W} _ Sleepy Duskywing – Stray E Other species Painted Crescent – W 1/4 _ Juvenal’s Duskywing - E 1/4 _ Horace’s Duskywing – E 1/2 * Dotted Checkerspot {W} Other species _ Mottled Duskywing – Stray E Baltimore Checkerspot – Stray E _ Funeral Duskywing – All Question Mark - All Notes: *_ Columbine Duskywing {NE} Eastern Comma – NE 1/2 _ Wild Indigo Duskywing – E 1/2 _ __ Hoary Comma – Stray W * _ Afranius Duskywing {W} Gray Comma – E 1/4 * _ Persius Duskywing {W} Mourning Cloak - All _ Common Checkered-Skipper - All * Milbert’s Tortoiseshell {W} _ Common Sootywing – All American Lady - All Painted Lady - All * Mexican Sootywing {SW} West Coast Lady – Stray W * _ Russet Skipperling {W} Red Admiral - All _ Swarthy Skipper – Stray SE Common Buckeye - All *_ Clouded Skipper {SE} _ Least Skipper – All * White Peacock {S} * _ Malachite {S} _ Orange Skipperling - W 1/4 _ Red-spotted Purple – E 1/2 _ Fiery Skipper – All _ Viceroy - All _ Uncas Skipper – W 1/3 * _ Weidemeyer’s Admiral {W} _ Ottoe Skipper – All _ California Sister – Stray SW _ Leonard’s Skipper – NW 1/4 * _ Florida Purplewing {S} _ Pahaska Skipper – Stray W * _ Common Mestra {S} _ Cobweb Skipper – Stray SE _ Green Skipper – W 1/3 * Many-banded Daggerwing {S} _ Dotted Skipper – Stray SC *_ Ruddy Daggerwing {SW} _ Rhesus Skipper – Stray W * _ Tropical Leafwing {S} _ Peck’s Skipper – NE 1/4 _ Goatweed Leafwing - All _ Tawny-edged Skipper – E 1/2 _ Hackberry Emperor - All _ Crossline Skipper – E 1/2 _ Tawny Emperor – E 2/3 _ Southern Broken-dash – Stray SE _ Northern Pearly Eye – Stray E 1/4 _ Northern Broken-dash – Stray E * _ Creole Pearly Eye {SE} _ Little Glassywing – Stray NE * Eyed Brown {N} _ Sachem - All .
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