Butterflies and Moths

Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

European Comma

Polygonia c-album

Melitaea species

Melitaea species

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Common Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Summer Azure

Celastrina neglecta

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Pipevine Swallowtail

Battus philenor

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio Glaucus

Hackberry Emperor

Asterocampa celtis

Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele

Orange Punch Butterfly

Dodona egeon

Himalayan Jester

Symbrenthia hypselis

Paris Peacock Swallowtail

Papilio paris

Peacock Pansy

Junonia almana

Banana Skipper

Erionota thrax

Grass Yellow

Eurema species

Common Evening Brown

Melanitis leda
Prominent eye-spots identify this individual as a wet-season morph.

Dark-branded Bushbrown

Mycalesis mineus
These butterflies have separate forms for the dry and wet seasons. The one shown here is a dry-season form with reduced eyespots and a more uniform coloration.

Purple Sapphire

Heliophorus epicles

Tiger Milkweed Butterfly

Danaus species

Imperial Moth Caterpillar

Eacles imperialis

Luna Moth

Actias luna

Waved Sphinx

Ceratomia undulosa

Salt Marsh Moth

Estigmene acrea

Walnut Sphinx

Amorpha juglandis

Spiny Oak-slug Moth

Euclea delphinii

Tulip-tree Silkmoth

Callosamia angulifera

Ruby Tiger Moth

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Milkweed Tussock Moth

Euchaetes egle

Carpenterworm Moth

Blinded Sphinx

Paonias excaecata

Crowned Slug Moth

Isa textula

Polyphemus Moth

Antheraea polyphemus

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

Atteva aurea

Cecropia Moth

Hyalophora cecropia

Eight-spotted Forester Moth

Alypia octomaculata

Saddleback Caterpillar

Acharia stimulea

Snowberry Clearwing

Hemaris diffinis
a.k.a. hummingbird moth or flying lobster

Witch Hazel Dagger

Acronicta hamamelis

Banded Tussock Moth

Halysidota tessellaris

Ilia Underwing

Catocala ilia

Definite Tussock Moth

Orgyia definita

Harnessed Tiger Moth

Apantesis phalerata

Chickweed Geometer Moth

Haematopis grataria

Rustic Sphinx

Manduca rustica

White-marked Tussock Moth

Orgyia leucostigma

Red-washed Prominent

Oedemasia semirufescens

Skiff Moth

Prolimacodes badia

Buck Moth

Hemileuca maia

Orange-humbed Mapleworm Moth

Symmerista species

Small-eyed Sphinx

Paonias myops

Unidentified

Handmaiden Moth

Syntomoides imaon

Geometer Moth

Grass Moth

Clouded Tiger Moth

Creatonotos transiens

Arctornis species

Arctornis species

Footman Moth

Ammatho cuneonotatus

Footman Moth

Barsine defecta

Dark Judy

Spitosa fylla

Mourning Cloak

Nymphalis antiopa

Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Common Sailer

Neptis hylas

Painted Jezebel

Delias hyparete

Plains Cupid

Luthrodes pandava

Common Pierrot

Castalius rosimon

Large Tolype Moth

Tolype velleda

Banded Hairstreak

Satyrium calanus

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth

Lycomorpha pholus

Silvery Checkerspot

Chlosyne nycteis

Carpenter Miller

Spongy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Morning-glory Prominent

Schizura ipomoeae

White-dotted Prominent

Nadata gibbosa

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera ornithogalli

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