July Butterflies

KEY:
Abundant: Easily seen and often in large numbers
Common: Usually seen
Uncommon: Usually present in low numbers, but not always seen
Rare/Local: Not usually seen; may be known for only 1 or 2 locales
Very Rare: Known only from less than ten records

Abundant:
eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
pearl crescent (phyciodes tharos)
silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

Common:
American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
orange sulphur (Colias eurythme)
eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
grey hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
red-spotted purple (Limenitis artemis astyanax)
common buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Horace’s duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
sachem (Atalopedes campestris)

Uncommon:
zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon)
Carolina satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)
spring azure (Celastrina ladon)
american snout (Libytheana carinenta)
cabbage white (Pieris rapae)
swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier)
hoary edge (Achalarus lyciades)
little glassywing (Pompeius verna)
hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
little wood-satyr (Megisto cymela)
eastern comma (Polygonia comma)
juniper hairstreak (Mitoura gryneus)
red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
southern cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)

Rare/Local:
mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
great-spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
crossline skipper (Polites origenes)
gemmed satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
southern broken-dash (Wallengrenia otho)
sleepy orange (Abaeis nicippe)
zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)
cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
monarch (Danaus plexippus)
clouded skipper (Lerema accius)
northern broken-dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Appalachian brown (Lethe appalachia)
tawny emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
delaware skipper (Anatrytone logan)
least skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
common roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles)
creole pearly-eye (Lethe creola)
ocola skipper (Panoquina ocola)

Very Rare:
banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
northern cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
northern pearly-eye (Lethe anthedon)
clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)
southern pearly-eye (Lethe creola)
common checkered skipper (Pyrgus communis)
checkered white (Pontia protodice)
wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)
Carolina roadside skipper (Amblyscirtes carolina)
lace-winged roadside skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapias)
hayhurst’s scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
common sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
mottled duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
palamedes swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
golden banded skipper (Autochton cellus)
giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole)
dun skipper (Euphyes vestris)
dion skipper (Euphyes dion)
Brazilian skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
zarucco duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
dorantes longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
eufala skipper (Lerodea eufala)
long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus)
zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
little yellow (Pyrisita lisa)
barred sulphur (Eurema daira)
southern dogface (Zerene cesonia)