March 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

MARCH

Common:

question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
orange sulphur (Colias eurythme)
sleepy orange (Abaeis nicippe)
falcate orangetip (Anthocaris midea)
Juvenal’s duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Uncommon:

eastern comma (Polygonia comma)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

american snout (Libytheana carinenta)

cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

Rare/Local:

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

common checkered skipper (Pyrgus communis)

sleepy duskywing (Erynnis brizo)

black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)

pearl crescent (phyciodes tharos)

eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)

grey hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

juniper hairstreak (Mitoura gryneus)

Henry’s elfin (Callophrys henricii)

Eastern pine elfin (Callophrys niphon)

Very rare:

variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

checkered white (Pontia protodice)

silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

Horace’s duskywing (Erynnis horatius)

wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)

spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

gemmed satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)

harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)

spring azure (Celastrina ladon)

red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)

brown elfin (Callophrys augustinus)

great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus)

white-m hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)

cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)