Welcome to John D. MacArthur SWALLOWTAILS GOSSAMER-WING Beach State Park! (FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE) (FAMILY LYCAENIDAE) With its diversity of habitat, the Park is home to a Swallowtails are large dark butterflies, usually with The Gossamer family is the second-largest variety of butterflies. This checklist contains 47 distinctive tails on their hindwings. They are strong family in the world. It includes blues, coppers, that have been identified in the Park. It is flyers and sometimes hover over flowers without ever hairstreaks and harvesters. They are small and landing to drink nectar with their long proboscis. delicate looking butterflies with a diversity of habitat intended to help you identify and record the and behavior. butterflies you observe. Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae) Butterflies are members of the order Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) R Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) C Atala (Eumaeus atala)** in the superfamily Papilionoidea. *On planted coontie They are distinct for going through four stages Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) R R **State Rank S2 (Imperiled) known as metamorphosis. They depend on specific Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) R host plants (caterpillar food) on which to lay their WHITES AND SULPHURS Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostymon angelia) U eggs and complete their life cycle. has (FAMILY ) about 200 species of butterflies, including strays, A diverse family with adults being bright yellow, Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) R that have been reported. There have been 97 white or orange. They have quick erratic flights and species identified in Palm Beach County. The perch with folded wings. Males and females may Blues (Subfamily Polyommatinae) diverse subtropical habitat at John D. MacArthur have different colors in winter and summer. Males will “puddle” together at moist soil to sip salts and other Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) C Beach supports several endemic and neotropical species. Keep an eye out for these winged nutrients for reproduction. Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceranus) R wonders in the air and on the ground. Whites (Subfamily Pierinae) BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES Florida White ( Drusilla)* (FAMILY ) If you observe a butterfly in the Park that is not *Not seen at the Park since 2007 Brush-foots are the largest family of butterflies in the included on this list, please report your sighting to X rd a Ranger: Please include a photo if possible to State Rank S1 (critically imperiled) world. They are called brush-foots because their 3 pair of legs near their mouth is reduced and have Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) C-A verify it with the location, date, and time of “brush-like” taste organs with extra sensory ability to sighting, total number, names of observers, and Checkered White (Pontia protodice) R detect chemicals. Females use their legs to sense weather conditions. chemicals of their specific host plants to lay their eggs. Sulphurs (Subfamily ) Park Ranger Station: (561) 624-6950 Yellow Angled-Sulphur ( maerula)* Heliconians and Fritillaries S Nature Center: (561) 624-6952 *One recorded 2014 (Subfamily Heliconiinae) Cloudless Sulphur ( sennae) U Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) C-A Checklist Key—Abundance Orange-barred Sulphur () U Julia Heliconian (Dryas julia) C-A A = Abundant-may be seen in large numbers periodically or seasonally Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) C Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charitonius) C-A Statira Sulphur ( statira)* C = Common-seen regularly or seasonally *State Rank S2S3 (Imperiled, Rare or U = Uncommon-limited numbers or occasionally C-A True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae) seen in preferred habitat Local) R = Rare-not to be expected every year Barred Yellow (Eurema daira) R Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete) U S = Stray-appear periodically and erratically, Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) R Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) U sometimes due to storms or migration Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) R White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) C X = Not recently seen in the park Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) R Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) U

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) R Most of the butterflies may be seen all year. ~Continued on back~ Some species are more common spring to fall.

Admirals and Relatives John D. MacArthur Beach State Park is one of (Subfamily Limenitidinae) the finest examples of subtropical coastal Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) C habitat in South Florida. Encompassing 438 acres of uplands and submerged land, the Park is a unique mixture of mangroves and Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae) Butterflies of coastal plant communities. Several native Monarch (Danaus plexippus) R tropical species that thrive in the Park are rare John D. MacArthur Queen (Danaus gilippus) R or endangered, including sea lavender, beach Soldier (Danaus eresimus) R peanut, beach star, and hand fern. Beach State Park

All plants, , and other resources are SKIPPERS (FAMILY HESPERIIDAE) protected in Florida’s State Parks. Please take Skippers are a large and diverse family of nothing but pictures and memories. For your butterflies. Historically, they were not considered true protection and that of your natural heritage, Species Checklist please stay on designated trails and obey all butterflies, but studies now confirm that they are in fact butterflies. Most of them have furry, stocky park signs. bodies with large compound eyes and hooked antennae. They are typically small and sometimes drab-colored. The name comes from their quick “darting” flight. John D. MacArthur Beach State Park

10900 Jack Nicklaus Drive North Palm Beach, FL 33408 Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae) Rag561-624 -6950 Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion) C Nature Center 561 -624-6952 Beach Outfitters Gift Shop Hammock Skipper ( leo) R & Kayak Rentals - Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) S 561-776-7449 Ext. 101 Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) C www.macarthurbeach.org Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) U Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) C

Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) U

Grass-Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae) Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) R

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) U

Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho) R

Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus) C

Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) R

Twin-spot Skipper (Oligoria aculate) R

Ocola Skipper ( ocola) R