May 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)
Carolina satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
Common:
question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
orange sulphur (Colias eurythme)
eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon)
red-spotted purple (Limenitis artemis astyanax)
grey hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)
spring azure (Celastrina ladon)
crossline skipper (Polites origenes)
Uncommon:
Juvenal’s duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
eastern comma (Polygonia comma)
mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
american snout (Libytheana carinenta)
juniper hairstreak (Mitoura gryneus)
gemmed satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
cabbage white (Pieris rapae)
variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
northern cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
least skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier)
hoary edge (Achalarus lyciades)
southern cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
common buckeye (Junonia coenia)
silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
little glassywing (Pompeius verna)
southern broken-dash (Wallengrenia otho)
hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
little wood-satyr (Megisto cymela)
northern pearly-eye (Lethe anthedon)
Rare/Local:
sleepy orange (Abaeis nicippe)
zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)
clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)
black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Eastern pine elfin (Callophrys niphon)
Horace’s duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
common roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
dusted skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
monarch (Danaus plexippus)
sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
clouded skipper (Lerema accius)
Pepper and salt skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)
southern pearly-eye (Lethe creola)
northern broken-dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles)
great-spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
Appalachian brown (Lethe appalachia)
banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Very Rare:
Henry’s elfin (Callophrys henricii)
common checkered skipper (Pyrgus communis)
sleepy duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
brown elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
checkered white (Pontia protodice)
wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)
great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
white-m hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)
fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
cobweb skipper (Hesperia metea)
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)
hobomok skipper (Poanes hobomok)
golden banded skipper (Autochton cellus)
giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
tawny emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
queen (Danaus gilippus)
coral hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
striped hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole)