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This list contains links to lists with the common and scientific names of butterflies of North America north of Mexico. Papilionidae: swallowtails and parnassians (40 species) Parnassiinae: parnassians (3 species) Papilioninae: swallowtails (37 species) Hesperiidae: skippers (300 species) Pyrrhopyginae: firetips (1 species)
List of Lepidoptera of Belgium. List of butterflies of Belize. List of butterflies of Benin. List of Lepidoptera of Bermuda. List of butterflies of Bhutan. List of Lepidoptera of Bosnia and Herzegovina. List of butterflies of Botswana. List of butterflies of Burkina Faso. List of butterflies of Burundi.
Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001) Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001) James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
Chlosyne lacinia (bordered patch) Chlosyne marina (red-spotted patch) Chlosyne nycteis (silvery checkerspot) Chlosyne rosita (rosita patch) Dymasia dymas (tiny checkerspot) Euphydryas chalcedona (variable checkerspot) Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore) Hypolimnas misippus (mimic) Junonia coenia (common buckeye)
Swallowtails are the largest butterflies. They range in size from 2.5–6.4 inches (6.5–16.5 cm). There are about 600 species worldwide with about 31 species in North America. All swallowtails have tails on their hindwings (except the parnassians). Their flight is slow and gliding but, when disturbed, their flight can be quite strong and rapid.
This is a list of species of butterfly with the common name fritillary. The term fritillary refers to the chequered markings on the wings, usually black on orange, and derives from the Latin fritillus, meaning dice-box (or, according to some sources, a chequerboard); the fritillary flower, with its chequered markings, has the same derivation.
P. argus cretaceus – formerly on chalk and limestone downland of south and south-east coasts, now restricted to Portland Bill. P. argus caernensis – Great Ormes Head (north Wales) P. argus masseyi – extinct (formerly north-west England) Brown argus – Aricia agestis LC. – throughout southern England, north to River Tees, south and ...
Finally, in 2014, they found the butterflies. On a “sunny morning,” several brightly colored butterflies were seen flying along the edge of the forest and a nearby stream, the study said.