The Butterflies of Washington County, Ohio

Lists compiled by Dave McShaffrey, 1997

Ohio Moreno Indigo Hill
Family
Hesperiidae:
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus clarus (Cramer, 1775)

X

X

Gold-banded Skipper Autochton cellus
  (Boisduval & LeConte, 1837)

X

Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)

X

X

Southern Cloudy Wing Thorybes bathyllus
  (J.E. Smith, 1797)

X

X

Northern Cloudy Wing Thorybes pylades (Scudder, 1870)

X

X

Dreamy Dusky Wing Erynnis icelus
  (Scudder & Burgess, 1870)

X

X

Sleepy Dusky Wing Erynnis brizo brizo
  (Boisduval & LeConte, 1834)

X

Juvenal's Dusky Wing Erynnis juvenalis juvenalis
  (Fabricius, 1793)

X

1995

X

Horace's Dusky Wing Erynnis horatius
  (Scudder & Burgess, 1870)

X

Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis (Grote, 1872)

X

X

Common Sooty Wing Pholisora catallus
 
(Fabricius, 1793)

X

X

Swarthy Skipper Nastra lherminier
  (Latreille, 1824)

X

Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor 
  (Fabricius, 1793)

X

X

European Skipper Thymelicus lineola
  (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

X

Leonard's Skipper Hesperia leonardus leonardus
  Harris, 1862

1995

Indian Skipper Hesperia sassacus sassacus Harris, 1862

1995

Peck's Skipper Polites coras (Cramer, 1775)

X

1995

X

Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles
 
(Latreille, 1824)

X

X

Cross Line Skipper Polites origenes origenes
  (Fabricius, 1793)

X

X

Little Glassy Wing Pompeius verna
  (W.H. Edwards, 1862)

X

X

Sachem Atalopedes campestris huron
  (W.H. Edwards, 1863)

X

1995*

Northern Golden Skipper Poanes hobomok hobomok
 
(Harris, 1862)

X

X

Southern Golden Skipper Poanes zabulon
  (Boisduval & LeConte, 1834)

X

X

Dion Skipper Euphyes dion  
  (W.H. Edwards, 1879)

1995*

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris metacomet
  (Harris, 1862)

X

Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis
  (W.H. Edwards, 1862)

X

Family
Papilionidae:
Pipe-vine Swallowtail Battus philenor philenor
  (Linneaus, 1771)

X

1995

X

Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus  marcellus
  (Cramer, 1777)

X

1995

X

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius
  Stoll, 1782

X

1995

X

Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
  Cramer, 1777

X

1995

X

Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus glaucus Linneaus, 1758

X

1995

X

Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus troilus
  Linneaus, 1758

X

1995

X

Family
Pieridae:
Checkered White Pontia protodice
  (Boisduval and LeConte, 1829)

X

1995

European Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

X

1995

X

Falcate Orange-Tip Anthocharis midea annickae
  (dos Passos and Klots, 1969)

X

X

Clouded Sulphur / 
Common Sulphur
Colias philodice philodice Godart 1819

X

X

Alfalfa Butterfly /
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
  Boisduval, 1852

X

1995

X

Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae eubule   (Linnaeus, 1767)

X

Little Sulphur Eurema lisa lisa
  (Boisduval and LeConte, 1829)

X

Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe (Cramer, 1779)

X

Family
Lycanenidae:
Harvester Feniseca tarquinius tarquinius
  Fabricius, 1793)

X

American Copper Lycaena phlaeas americana Harris, 1862

X

1995

X

Coral Hairstreak Harkenclenus titus

X

X

Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops
 
(Fabricius, 1793)

X

X

Henry's Elfin Incisalia henrici henrici
 
(Grote & Robinson, 1867)

X

Pine Elfin Incisalia niphon niphon (Hubner, 1823)

X

Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus humuli
  (Harris, 1841)

X

1995

X

Eastern Tailed Blue Everes comyntas comyntas
  (Godart, 1824)

X

1995

X

Spring Azure Celastrina ladon ladon
 
(Cramer, 1780)

X

X

Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus

1995

Family Nymphalidae:
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
  (Cramer, 1775)

X

1995

X

Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele cybele (Fabricius, 1775)

X

1995

X

Aphrodite  Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite

1995

X

Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia (Drury, 1773)

X

1995

Meadow Fritillary Boloria bellona bellona
(Fabricius, 1775)

X

1995

X

Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis nycteis
  (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)

X

1995

X

Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos tharos
  (Drury, 1773)

X

1995

X

Baltimore Euphydryas phaeton phaeton
  (Drury, 1773)

1995

Question Mark Polygonia interrogtionis
  (Fabricius, 1798)

X

1995

X

Eastern Comma Polygonia comma (Harris, 1842)

X

1995

X

Compton Tortoise Shell Nymphalis vau-album j-album
(Boisduval & LeConte, 1833)

X

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa antiopa
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

X

1995

X

American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis
  (Drury, 1773)

X

1995

X

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Linaeus, 1758)

X

1995

X

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria
  (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

X

1995

X

Buckeye Junonia coenia Hubner, 1822

X

1995

X

Red Spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax

X

1995

X

Viceroy Limenitis archippus archippus
  (Cramer, 1776)

X

1995

X

Family
Apaturidae:
Hackberry Butterfly Asterocampus celtis celtis
  (Boisduval & LeConte, 1835)

X

Family
Satyridae:
Northern Pearly Eye Enodia anthedon
  A.H. Clark, 1936

X

Gemmed Satyr Cyllopsis gemma gemma (Hubner, 1808)

X

Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela cymela
 
(Cramer, 1777)

X

1995

X

Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala

X

1995

X

Family
Danaidae:
Monarch Danaus plexippus plexippus
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

X

1995

X

Ohio - Species is marked as occuring in Washington County in Butterflies and Skippers of Ohio.

Moreno - Collected or observed (*) by Tom Moreno, Marietta College student, in the summer of 1995.  Unlabeled specimens at Marietta College.

Indigo Hill - Observed by Julie Zickefoose, naturalist, at a nature preserve in rural Washington County.

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