North American Butterflies and Moths List

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Butterflies of North America

Butterflies of Jefferson County, Tennessee

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

Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

Clouded Sulphur -- (Colias philodice)
Orange Sulphur -- (Colias eurytheme)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

Common Buckeye -- (Junonia coenia)

Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae)

Monarch -- (Danaus plexippus)

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

Sachem -- (Atalopedes campestris)

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