Butterfly ( Lepidoptera ) Checklist for Halton Region August 2006
Format: Common Name - Latin Name - Status in Halton Striped Hairstreak - Satyrium liparops Common Summer Azure - Celastrina neglecta Common HESPERIIDAE – Skippers Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon Common NYMPHALIDAE - Brushfoots Black Dash - Euphyes conspicua Rare American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis Common Broad-winged Skipper - Poanes viator Uncommon American Snout - Libytheana carinenta Rare Columbine Duskywing - Erynnis lucilius Rare Aphrodite Fritillary - Speyeria aphrodite Uncommon Common Sootywing - Pholisora catullus Rare Appalachian Brown - Satyrodes appalachia Common Crossline Skipper - Polites origenes Common Baltimore Checkerspot - Euphydryas phaeton Uncommon Delaware Skipper - Anatrytone logan Common Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia Rare Dion Skipper - Euphyes dion Uncommon Common Ringlet - Coenonympha tullia Common Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus Common Common Wood Nymph - Cercyonis pegala Common Dun Skipper - Euphyes vestris Common Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis vaualbum Uncommon European Skipper - Thymelicus lineola Common Early Pearly Crescentspot - Phyciodes tharos Common Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus Rare Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma Common Hobomok Skipper - Poanes hobomok Common Eyed Brown - Satyrodes eurydice Common Indian Skipper - Hesperia sassacus Rare Gray Comma - Polygonia progne Rare Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis Common Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele Common Leonardus Skipper - Hesperia leonardus Rare Little Wood Satyr - Megisto cymela Common Least Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor Common Meadow Fritillary - Boloria bellona Uncommon Little Glassywing - Pompeius verna Common Milbert's Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis milberti Rare Long Dash - Polites mystic Common Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa Common Mottled Duskywing - Erynnis martialis Rare Monarch - Danaus plexippus Common Mulberry Wing - Poanes massasoit Rare Northern Pearly Eye - Enodia anthedon Common Northern Broken Dash - Wallengrenia egeremet Common Orange Crescentspot - Phyciodes cocyta Common Northern Cloudywing - Thorybes pylades Common Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui Common Peck's Skipper - Polites peckius Common Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor Rare Roadside Skipper - Amblyscirtes vialis Rare Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis Common Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus Common Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta Common Tawny-edged Skipper - Polites themistocles Common Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis astyanax Common Two-spotted Skipper - Euphyes bimacula Rare Silver-bordered Fritillary - Boloria selene Uncommon Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae Rare Silvery Crescentspot - Chlosyne nycteis Uncommon Summer Crescent - Phyciodes diminutor Common PAPILIONIDAE – Swallowtails Tawny Crescent - Phyciodes batesii Rare Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton Rare Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes Common Variegated Fritillary - Euptoieta claudia Rare Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus Common Viceroy - Limenitis archippus Common Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes Rare West Virginia White - Pieris virginiensis Common Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus Rare White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis arthemis Common
PIERIDAE – Whites and Sulphurs This checklist is based off historic data and the fieldwork done for the Cabbage White - Pieris rapae Common Halton Natural Areas Inventory. Common names follow the standard Checkered White - Pontia protodice Extirpated in Butterflies of Canada. For more information on the Halton Natural Common Sulphur - Colias philodice Common Areas Inventory or the complete annotated list done by A. Little Yellow - Eurema lisa Rare Wormington please contact Brenda Axon at Conservation Halton: Mustard White - Pieris oleracea Common [email protected] or 905-336-1158 ext 222. The two volume printed Orange Sulphur - Colias eurytheme Common copy of the Natural Areas Inventory (CD included) is available for 75$, a CD of the materials in Adobe Acrobat format is available for 25$. LYCAENIDAE – Coppers, Blues, Hairstreaks Acadian Hairstreak - Satyrium acadicum Uncommon While butterflies have been an interest in observation and study for American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas Uncommon some time there are still things to learn. If you are interested in the Banded Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus Common study of lepidoptera (or even insects in general) or would like to Bronze Copper - Lycaena hyllus Uncommon contribute your Ontario sightings the Toronto Entomologists Society Coral Hairstreak - Satyrium titus Uncommon is a great way to do so. Cherry Gall Azure - Celastrina serotina Uncommon? http://www.ontarioinsects.org Eastern Pine Elfin - Callophrys niphon Uncommon For local sightings the Hamilton Naturalists club is also a good Eastern Tailed Blue - Everes comyntas Common resource. Edwards' Hairstreak - Satyrium edwardsii Rare www.hamiltonnature.org Harvester - Feniseca tarquinius Rare Hickory Hairstreak - Satyrium caryaevorum Common Also remember that the Natural Heritage Information Center is always Purplish Copper - Lycaena helloides Extirpated interested in provincially rare species sightings. See their website for Silvery Blue - Glaucopsyche lygdamus Common provincial ranks and rare species reporting information. Spring Azure - Celastrina ladon Common http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/nhic_.cfm