June 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
Flying this week at Mason Farm:
Common:
eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
pearl crescent (phyciodes tharos)
American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
orange sulphur (Colias eurythme)
eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon)
grey hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Uncommon:
Carolina satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
red-spotted purple (Limenitis artemis astyanax)
summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)
spring azure (Celastrina ladon)
mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
american snout (Libytheana carinenta)
cabbage white (Pieris rapae)
swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier)
hoary edge (Achalarus lyciades)
common buckeye (Junonia coenia)
little glassywing (Pompeius verna)
hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
little wood-satyr (Megisto cymela)
Horace’s duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
great-spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Rare/Local:
painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
sleepy orange (Abaeis nicippe)
cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
monarch (Danaus plexippus)
eastern comma (Polygonia comma)
fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
clouded skipper (Lerema accius)
red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
crossline skipper (Polites origenes)
common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
gemmed satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
southern broken-dash (Wallengrenia otho)
delaware skipper (Anatrytone logan)
tawny emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
northern pearly-eye (Lethe anthedon)
pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)
northern broken-dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Appalachian brown (Lethe appalachia)
juniper hairstreak (Mitoura gryneus)
southern cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
northern cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Very Rare:
least skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)
Eastern pine elfin (Callophrys niphon)
common roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
southern pearly-eye (Lethe creola)
tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles)
common checkered skipper (Pyrgus communis)
harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
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)
creole pearly-eye (Lethe creola)
ocola skipper (Panoquina ocola)
golden banded skipper (Autochton cellus)
giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
queen (Danaus gilippus)
coral hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
striped hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole)
dun skipper (Euphyes vestris)
dion skipper (Euphyes dion)
Brazilian skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
zarucco duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
confused cloudywing (Thorybes confusis)
dorantes longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
oak hairstreak (Satyrium favonus)