North American Butterflies and Moths List

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Butterflies of North America

Butterflies of Hertford County, North Carolina

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

Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae)

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- (Papilio glaucus)

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Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Whites (Subfamily Pierinae)

• Cabbage White -- (Pieris rapae)

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

• Cloudless Sulphur -- (Phoebis sennae)
• Sleepy Orange -- (Eurema nicippe)

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Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Heliconians and Fritillaries (Subfamily Heliconiinae)

• Variegated Fritillary -- (Euptoieta claudia)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

• Mourning Cloak -- (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Red Admiral -- (Vanessa atalanta)
• Common Buckeye -- (Junonia coenia)

Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae)

• Monarch -- (Danaus plexippus)

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