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Butterflies and Moths of Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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scientific namecommon namephylogenetic order

Skippers (Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae)

 Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
 Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
 Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
 Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
 Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
 Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
 Columbine Duskywing (Erynnis lucilius)
 Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
 Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)

Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae)

 Arctic Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
 Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
 European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
 Leonard's Skipper (Hesperia leonardus)
 Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)
 Indian Skipper (Hesperia sassacus)
 Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)
 Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)
 Long Dash (Polites mystic)
 Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
 Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)
 Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)
 Mulberry Wing (Poanes massasoit)
 Black Dash (Euphyes conspicua)
 Two-spotted Skipper (Euphyes bimacula)
 Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
 Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
 Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)
 Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)

Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)

Swallowtails (Papilioninae)

 Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
 Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)
 Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

Whites (Pierinae)

 Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
 Mustard White (Pieris oleracea)

Sulphurs (Coliadinae)

 Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
 Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
 Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenidae)

Harvesters (Miletinae)

 Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

Coppers (Lycaeninae)

 American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
 Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
 Bog Copper (Lycaena epixanthe)

Hairstreaks (Theclinae)

 Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
 Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus)
 Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
 Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
 Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
 Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica)
 Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
 Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
 Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
 Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Blues (Polyommatinae)

 Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
 Spring Azure (Celastrina "ladon")
 Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
 Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
 Melissa Blue (includes Karner Blue) (Plebejus melissa)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae)

 Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Longwings (Heliconiinae)

 Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
 Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
 Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
 Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
 Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)
 Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
 Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)

True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae)

 Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
 Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)
 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
 Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton)
 Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
 Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
 Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
 Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
 Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
 Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
 Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
 Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
 Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
 Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
 American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

Admirals and Relatives (Limenitidinae)

 Red-spotted Purple or White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)
 White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)
 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
 Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Satyrs and Wood-Nymphs (Satyrinae)

 Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon)
 Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice)
 Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)
 Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
 Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

Wild Silk Moths (Saturniidae)

Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae)

 New England buckmoth (Hemileuca lucina)
 Eastern buckmoth (Hemileuca maia)

Giant Silkworm Moths (Saturniinae)

 Luna moth (Actias luna)
 Promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
 Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia)

Royal Moths (Citheroniinae)

 Orange-tipped oakworm moth (Anisota senatoria)
 Spiny oakworm moth (Anisota stigma)
 Pine-devil Moth (Citheronia sepulcralis)
 Rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)

Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths (Sphingidae)

Sphinginae (Sphinginae)

 Walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis)
 Elm sphinx (Ceratomia amyntor)
 Waved sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa)
 Pawpaw sphinx (Dolba hyloeus)
 Northern pine sphinx (Lapara bombycoides)
 Southern pine sphinx (Lapara coniferarum)
 Modest sphinx (Pachysphinx modesta)
 Blinded sphinx (Paonias excaecata)
 Small-eyed sphinx (Paonias myops)
 One-eyed sphinx (Smerinthus cerisyi)
 Twin-spotted sphinx (Smerinthus jamaicensis)
 Great ash sphinx (Sphinx chersis)
 Wild cherry sphinx (Sphinx drupiferarum)
 Laurel sphinx (Sphinx kalmiae)
 Poecila sphinx (Sphinx poecila)

Macroglossinae (Macroglossinae)

 Nessus sphinx (Amphion floridensis)
 Grote's sphinx (Cautethia grotei)
 Azalea Sphinx (Darapsa choerilus (pholus))
 Snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)
 Slender clearwing (Hemaris gracilis)
 Hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)
 Bedstraw hawkmoth (Hyles gallii)

Prominents (Notodontidae)

 Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth (Lochmaeus manteo)
 Black-rimmed Prominent (Pheosia rimosa)

Tiger Moths and Lichen Moths (Arctiidae)

Lichen Moths (Lithosiinae)

 Bicolored Moth (Eilema bicolor)
 Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)

Tiger Moths (Arctiinae)

 Lined Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia lineata)
 Rusty Holomelina (Virbia ferruginosa)
 Bog Holomelina (Virbia lamae)