North American Butterflies and Moths List

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Butterflies of North America

Butterflies of Greene County, Tennessee

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

Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)

Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae)

• Pipevine Swallowtail -- (Battus philenor)
• Zebra Swallowtail -- (Eurytides marcellus)
• Black Swallowtail -- (Papilio polyxenes)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- (Papilio glaucus)
• Spicebush Swallowtail -- (Papilio troilus)

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Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Whites (Subfamily Pierinae)

• Cabbage White -- (Pieris rapae)
• Olympia Marble -- (Euchloe olympia)
• Falcate Orangetip -- (Anthocharis midea)

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

• Clouded Sulphur -- (Colias philodice)
• Orange Sulphur -- (Colias eurytheme)
• Cloudless Sulphur -- (Phoebis sennae)
• Sleepy Orange -- (Eurema nicippe)

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Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)

Coppers (Subfamily Lycaeninae)

• American Copper -- (Lycaena phlaeas)

Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae)

• Coral Hairstreak -- (Satyrium titus)
• Brown Elfin -- (Callophrys [Incisalia] augustinus)
• Henry's Elfin -- (Callophrys [Incisalia] henrici)
• Eastern Pine Elfin -- (Callophrys [Incisalia] niphon)
• Juniper Hairstreak -- (Callophrys [Mitoura] gryneus)
• Gray Hairstreak -- (Strymon melinus)

Blues (Subfamily Polyommatinae)

• Eastern Tailed-Blue -- (Everes comyntas)
• Spring Azure -- (Celastrina "ladon")
• Summer Azure -- (Celastrina neglecta)
• Appalachian Azure -- (Celastrina neglecta-major)

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Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Snouts (Subfamily Libytheinae)

• American Snout -- (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and Fritillaries (Subfamily Heliconiinae)

• Great Spangled Fritillary -- (Speyeria cybele)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

• Pearl Crescent -- (Phyciodes tharos)
• Question Mark -- (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Mourning Cloak -- (Nymphalis antiopa)
• American Lady -- (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Common Buckeye -- (Junonia coenia)

Satyrs (Subfamily Satyrinae)

• Northern Pearly Eye -- (Enodia anthedon)
• Little Wood Satyr -- (Megisto cymela)
• Common Wood Nymph -- (Cercyonis pegala)

Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae)

• Monarch -- (Danaus plexippus)

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Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

• Silver-spotted Skipper -- (Epargyreus clarus (incl. huachuca))
• Southern Cloudywing -- (Thorybes bathyllus (=daunus))
• Juvenal's Duskywing -- (Erynnis juvenalis)
• Common Checkered-Skipper -- (Pyrgus communis)

Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

• Sachem -- (Atalopedes campestris)

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