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Swallowtail Butterflies (Family Papilionidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
(Papilio glaucus)
Eastern Black Swallowtail
(Papilio polyxenes)
Spicebush Swallowtail
(Papilio troilus)
Giant Swallowtail
(Papilio cresphontes)
Palamedes Swallowtail
(Papilio palamedes)
Zebra Swallowtail
(Eurytides Marcellus)

Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Checkered White
(Pontia protodice)
Cloudless Sulphur
(Phoebis sennae)
Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
Great Southern White
(Ascia monuste)
Cabbage White
(Pieris rapae)
Dogface Butterfly
(Zerene cesonia)
Clouded Sulphur
(Colias philodice)
Dainty Sulphur
(Nathalis iole)
Alfalfa Sulphur
(Colias eurytheme)

Gossamer Wings (Family Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tailed Blue
(Everes comyntas)
Gray Hairstreak
(Strymon melinus)
Red Banded Hairstreak
(Calycopis cecrops)

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Long-tailed Skipper
(Urbanus proteus)


Brush-Footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

 
Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)
Tawny Emperor
(Asterocampa clyton)
Hackberry Butterfly
(Asterocampa celtis)
Buckeye
(Junonia coenia)
Mourning Cloak
(Nymphalis antiopa)
 
 
Red Admiral
(Vanessa atalanta)
Red-spotted Purple
(Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Variegated Fritillar
(Euptoieta Claudia)
Zebra Longwing
(Heliconius charitonius)
Gulf Fritillary
(Agraulis vanillae)
 
White Peacock
(Anartia jatrophae)
American Painted Lady
(Vanessa virginiensis)


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