North American Butterflies and Moths List

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Butterflies of North America

Butterflies of Lee County, Illinois

Species denoted with an asterisk (*) are unconfirmed or dubious records.

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

Silvery Checkerspot -- (Chlosyne nycteis)

Admirals and Relatives (Subfamily Limenitidinae)

Red-spotted Purple -- (Limenitis arthemis)
'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple -- (Limenitis arthemis astyanax (incl. arizonensis))

Emperors (Subfamily Apaturinae)

Hackberry Emperor -- (Asterocampa celtis)

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

Juvenal's Duskywing -- (Erynnis juvenalis)

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