Butterflies of Sandhurst Shores

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

 

These are the butterflies we have seen at Sandhurst Shores.  While all of these have been seen in our yard, they also can be found elsewhere in the community.

Silver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarus
Wild Indigo DuskywingErynnis baptisiae
Arctic SkipperCarterocephalus palaemon
Least SkipperAncyloxypha numitor
European SkipperThymelicus lineola
Fiery SkipperHylephila phyleus
Leonard's SkipperHesperia leonardus
Peck's SkipperPolites peckius
Tawny-edged SkipperPolites themistocles
Crossline SkipperPolites origenes
Long DashPolites mystic
Northern Broken-DashWallengrenia egeremet
Delaware SkipperAnatrytone logan
Hobomok SkipperPoanes hobomok
Dun SkipperEuphyes vestris
Black SwallowtailPapilio polyxenes
Giant SwallowtailPapilio cresphontes
Eastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucus
Canadian Tiger SwallowtailPapilio canadensis
Cabbage WhitePieris rapae
Clouded SulphurColias philodice
Orange SulphurColias eurytheme
Bronze CopperLycaena hyllus
Gray HairstreakStrymon melinus
Eastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntas
Spring AzureCelastrina ladon
Summer AzureCelastrina neglecta
Silvery BlueGlaucopsyche lygdamus
Great Spangled FritillarySpeyeria cybele
Pearl CrescentPhycoides tharos
Northern CrescentPhyciodes selenis
Question MarkPolygonia interrogationis
Eastern CommaPolygonia comma
Gray CommaPolygonia progne
Mourning CloakNymphalis antiopa
American LadyVanessa virginiensis
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Common BuckeyeJunonia coenia
'White' AdmiralLimenitis arthemis arthemis
ViceroyLimenitis archippus
Northern Pearly-eyeEnodia anthedon
Eyed BrownSatyrodes eurydice
Little Wood-SatyrMegisto cymela
Common RingletCoenonympha tullia
Common Wood-NymphCercyonis pegala
MonarchDanaus plexippus