POSSIBILITIES OF BUTTERFLIES FOR BIOBLITZ 2009

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMENTS Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Giant Swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus canadensis highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Spicebush Swallowtail Pterourus troilus Checkered White Pontia protodice highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Cabbage White Pieris rapae Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme Harvester Feniseca tarquinius highly unlikely - photo or specimen required American Copper Lycaena phlaeas Bronze Copper Hyllolycaena hyllus highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Brown Elfin Deciduphagus augustinus possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Hoary Elfin Deciduphagus polios possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Henry's Elfin Deciduphagus henrici possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Frosted Elfin Deciduphagus irus possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Eastern Pine Elfin Incisalia niphon possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Olive Hairstreak Mitoura gryneus possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Eastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntas Edwards' Spring Azure Celastrina ladon possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Cherry Gall Azure Celastrina serotina possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed American Snout Libytheana carinenta highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Silver-bordered Fritillary Clossiana selene possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Meadow Fritillary Clossiana bellona highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Harris' Checkerspot Chlosyne harrisii highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos Northern Crescent Phyciodes cocyta highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Baltimore Euphydryas phaeton Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis Eastern Comma Polygonia comma Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed American Lady Vanessa virginiensis Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis Viceroy Limenitis archippus Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Appalachian Brown Satyrodes appalachia highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Little Wood Satyr TYPE-1 Megisto cymela TYPE-1 Inornate Ringlet Coenonympha tullia Monarch Danaus plexippus Silver-spotted Epargyreus clarus Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Southern Cloudywing Thorybes bathyllus possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Dreamy Erynnis icelus possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Juvenal's Duskywing possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Columbine Duskywing highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Persius Duskywing Erynnis persius highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus Arctic Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Swarthy Skipper Nastra lherminier highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor

author: Harry Pavulaan 1 Last edited: June 4, 2009 POSSIBILITIES OF BUTTERFLIES FOR BIOBLITZ 2009

European Skipper Thymelicus lineola Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea Indian Skipper Hesperia sassacus Peck's Skipper Polites peckius Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles Crossline Skipper Polites origenes possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Long Dash Polites mystic Northern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia egeremet Delaware Skipper Anatrytone logan Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon possible - photo, specimen or expert ID needed Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna Pepper and Salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon highly unlikely - photo or specimen required Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis highly unlikely - photo or specimen required

KEY

Visual identification sufficient by experienced observers or with the aid of field guides. Less-experienced observers should consult field guides for important field marks and associated habitat types as a guide. Difficult species not reliably identified by sight, by inexperienced observers. Several of these are at the end of their springtime flight period and important field marks may be very faded. Unless experienced at identifying this species, at minimum a photo should be submitted. Live captive individuals can be verified by an expert, then released on site. Specimens optional.

Possible but highly unlikely. Due to importance of such reports, either a photo or specimen is required for positive identification and documentation, or live captive individuals can be verified by an expert, then released on site.

author: Harry Pavulaan 2 Last edited: June 4, 2009