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LLELA Butterfly and Moth Checklist
| Family | Common Name | Scientific Name |
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| BUTTERFLIES | ||
| Papilionidae - Swallowtails | Pipevine Swallowtail | Battus philenor |
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Eastern Giant Swallowtail | Papilio cresphontes |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus glaucus |
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Two-tailed Swallowtail |
Papilio multicaudata | |
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Eastern Black Swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes asterius |
| Pieridae - Whites & Sulphurs | Falcate Orangetip | Anthocharis midea |
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Southern Dogface | Colias cesonia |
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Orange Sulphur | Colias eurytheme |
| Clouded Sulphur | Colias philodice | |
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Little Yellow | Eurema lisa |
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Mexican Yellow | Eurema mexicana |
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Sleepy Orange | Eurema nicippe |
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Dainty Sulphur | Nathalis iole |
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Large Orange Sulphur | Phoebis agarithe |
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Cloudless Sulphur | Phoebis sennae |
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Cabbage White | Pieris rapae |
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Checkered White |
Pontia protodice | |
| Tailed Orange | Pyrisitia proterpia | |
| Lycaenidae - Gossamer | Great Purple Hairstreak | Atlides halesus halesus |
| Wings | Henry’s Elfin | Callophrys henrici turneri |
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Red-banded Hairstreak | Calycopis cecrops |
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Dusky-blue Groundstreak | Calycopis isobeon |
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Eastern Tailed-Blue | Everes comyntas |
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Reakirt’s Blue | Hemiargus isola alce |
| Ceraunus Blue | Hemiargus ceraunus | |
| Marine Blue | Leptotes marina | |
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Soapberry Hairstreak | Phaeostrymon alcestis alcestis |
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Gray Hairstreak | Strymon melinus |
| Nymphalidae - Snouts, | Gulf Fritillary | Agraulis vanillae |
| Longwings & Brushfoots | Goatweed Leafwing | Anaea andria |
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Hackberry Emperor | Asterocampa celtis |
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Tawny Emperor | Asterocampa clyton |
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Gorgone Checkerspot | Chlosyne gorgone Carlota |
| Bordered Patch | Chlosyne lacinia | |
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Silvery Checkerspot | Chlosyne nycteis nycteis |
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Variegated Fritillary | Euptoieta claudia |
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Common Buckeye | Junonia coenia |
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American Snout | Libytheana carinenta |
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Viceroy | Limentitis archippus archippus |
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Red-spotted Purple | Limenitis arthemis astsyanax |
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Common Mestra |
Mestra amymone | |
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Mourning Cloak | Nymphalis antiopa antiopa |
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Phaon Crescent | Phyciodes phaon |
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Texan Crescent | Phyciodes texana |
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Pearl Crescent | Phycoides tharos tharos |
| Eastern Comma | Polygonia comma | |
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Question Mark | Polygonia interrogationis |
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Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta rubria |
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Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui |
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American Lady | Vanessa virginiensis |
| Satyridae - Satyrs & Wood | Common Wood Nymph | Cercyonis pegala |
| Nymphs | Gemmed Satyr | Cyllopsis gemma |
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Little Wood Satyr | Megisto cymela |
| Danaidae - Milkweed | Queen | Danaus gilippus |
| Butterflies | Monarch | Danaus plexippus |
| Hesperiidae - Skippers | Celia’s Roadside Skipper | Amblyscirtes celia |
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Least Skipper | Ancyloxypha numitor |
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Sachem | Atalopedes campestris |
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Delaware Skipper | Atrytone logan lagus |
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Silver-spotted Skipper | Epargyreus clarus |
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Funereal Duskywing | Erynnis funeralis |
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Horace’s Duskywing | Erynnis horatius |
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Juvenal’s Duskywing | Erynnis juvenalis |
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Dion Skipper | Euphyes dion |
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Dun Skipper | Euphyes vestries |
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Fiery Skipper | Hylephilia phyleus |
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Clouded Skipper | Lerema accius |
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Eufala Skipper | Lerodea eufala |
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Zabulon Skipper | Poanes zabulon |
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Common Checkered-Skipper | Pyrgus communis |
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Hayhurst’s Scallopwing | Staphylus hayhurstii |
| MOTHS | ||
| Crambidae - Crambid Snout | Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth | Spoladea recurvalis |
| Moths | ||
| Erebidae - Underwing, Tiger | Velvet Bean Moth | Anticarsia gemmatalis |
| & Tussock Moths | Forage Looper Moth | Caenurgina erechtea |
| Sad Underwing Moth | Catocala maestosa | |
| Yellow-collared Scape Moth | Cisseps fulvicollis | |
| Salt Marsh Moth | Estigmene acrea | |
| Milkweed Tussock Moth | Euchaetes egle | |
| Green Cloverworm Moth | Hypena scabra | |
| Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth | Lycomorpha pholus | |
| Geometridae - Geometer Moths | Thin-lined Erastria | Erastria cruentaria |
| White-tipped Black | Melanchroia chephise | |
| Lasiocampidae - Lappet Moths | Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth | Malacosoma disstria |
| Limacodidae - Slug Caterpillar | Spiny Oak-slug Moth | Euclea delphinii |
| Moths | ||
| Noctuidae - Owlet & Miller Moths | Grapevine Epimenis Moth | Psychomorpha epimenis |
| Gray Looper Moth | Rachiplusia ou | |
| Saturniidae - Wild Silkworm Moths |
Luna Moth |
Actias luna |
| Sphingidae - Sphinx Moths | Snowberry Clearwing | Hemaris diffinis |
| White-lined Sphinx Moth | Hyles lineata | |
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Thyridinae - Tropical Leaf Moths |
Mournful Thyris Moth | Thyris sepulchralis |