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Butterflies and Moths of Alachua County, Florida

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Skippers (Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae)

 Mercurial Skipper (Proteides mercurius)
 Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
 Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
 Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
 Golden Banded-Skipper (Autochton cellus)
 Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades)
 Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
 Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
 Confused Cloudywing (Thorybes confusis)
 Hayhurst's Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
 Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
 Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
 Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
 Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
 Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
 Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
 White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
 Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)
 Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)

Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae)

 Swarthy Skipper (Nastra lherminier)
 Neamathla Skipper (Nastra neamathla)
 Three-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus)
 Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
 Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
 Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima)
 Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
 Dotted Skipper (Hesperia attalus)
 Meske's Skipper (Hesperia meskei)
 Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
 Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)
 Baracoa Skipper (Polites baracoa)
 Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes)
 Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
 Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
 Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
 Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)
 Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos)
 Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)
 Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus)
 Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
 Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)
 Yehl Skipper (Poanes yehl)
 Aaron's Skipper (Poanes aaroni)
 Palatka Skipper (Euphyes pilatka)
 Berry's Skipper (Euphyes berryi)
 Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion)
 Dukes' Skipper (Euphyes dukesi)
 Palmetto Skipper (Euphyes arpa)
 Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
 Monk (Asbolis capucinus)
 Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
 Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
 Dusky Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes alternata)
 Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
 Twin-spot Skipper (Oligoria maculata)
 Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
 Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)

Giant-Skippers (Megathyminae)

 Yucca Giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)

Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)

Swallowtails (Papilioninae)

 Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
 Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)
 Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
 Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
 Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
 Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
 Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

Whites (Pierinae)

 Florida White (Appias drusilla)
 Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
 Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
 Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)

Sulphurs (Coliadinae)

 Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
 Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
 Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
 Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
 Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
 Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenidae)

Harvesters (Miletinae)

 Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

Hairstreaks (Theclinae)

 Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
 Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
 Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
 Southern Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius)
 Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
 Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
 Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
 Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
 White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)

Blues (Polyommatinae)

 Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
 Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
 Spring Azure (Celastrina "ladon")
 Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
 Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
 Miami Blue (Cyclargus thomasi)

Metalmarks (Riodinidae)

 Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Snouts (Libytheinae)

 American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae)

 Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
 Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Longwings (Heliconiinae)

 Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
 Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
 Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
 Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae)

 Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
 Cuban Crescent (Anthanassa frisia)
 Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
 Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
 White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
 Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
 Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
 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)
 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
 Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
 Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)

Leafwings (Charaxinae)

 Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)

Emperors (Apaturinae)

 Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
 Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

Satyrs and Wood-Nymphs (Satyrinae)

 Southern Pearly Eye (Enodia portlandia)
 Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia)
 Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
 Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
 Georgia Satyr (Neonympha areolatus)
 Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)
 Viola's Wood Satyr (Megisto viola)
 Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

Wild Silk Moths (Saturniidae)

Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae)

 Io moth (Automeris io)
 Eastern buckmoth (Hemileuca maia)

Giant Silkworm Moths (Saturniinae)

 Luna moth (Actias luna)
 Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus)
 Sweetbay silkmoth (Callosamia securifera)
 Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia)

Royal Moths (Citheroniinae)

 Consular oakworm moth (Anisota consularis)
 Peigler's oakworm moth (Anisota peigleri)
 Spiny oakworm moth (Anisota stigma)
 Pink-striped oakworm moth (Anisota virginiensis)
 Royal Walnut Moth (Citheronia regalis)
 Pine-devil Moth (Citheronia sepulcralis)
 Rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
 Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis)

Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths (Sphingidae)

Sphinginae (Sphinginae)

 Pink-spotted hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata)
 Walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis)
 Elm sphinx (Ceratomia amyntor)
 Catalpa sphinx (Ceratomia catalpae)
 Waved sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa)
 Baldcypress sphinx (Isoparce cupressi)
 Southern pine sphinx (Lapara coniferarum)
 Ash sphinx (Manduca jasminearum)
 Rustic sphinx (Manduca rustica)
 Carolina sphinx (Manduca sexta)
 Huckleberry sphinx (Paonias astylus)
 Blinded sphinx (Paonias excaecata)
 Small-eyed sphinx (Paonias myops)
 Plebeian sphinx (Paratraea plebeja)

Macroglossinae (Macroglossinae)

 Nessus sphinx (Amphion floridensis)
 Azalea Sphinx (Darapsa choerilus (pholus))
 Hydrangea sphinx (Darapsa versicolor)
 Mournful sphinx (Enyo lugubris)
 Achemon sphinx (Eumorpha achemon)
 Banded sphinx (Eumorpha fasciatus)
 Intermediate sphinx (Eumorpha intermedia)
 Gaudy sphinx (Eumorpha labruscae)
 Pandorus sphinx (Eumorpha pandorus)
 Hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)
 White-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata)
 Tersa sphinx (Xylophanes tersa)

Prominents (Notodontidae)

 Datana modesta (Datana modesta)
 Linden Prominent (Ellida caniplaga)
 Heterocampa astarte (Heterocampa astarte)
 Oblique Heterocampa (Heterocampa obliqua)
 Small Heterocampa (Heterocampa subrotata)
 White-blotched Heterocampa (Heterocampa umbrata)
 Heterocampa varia (Heterocampa varia)
 Georgian Prominent (Hyperaeschra georgica)
 White-dotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa)
 Angulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa)
 Red-humped Caterpillar Moth (Schizura concinna)
 Morning-glory Prominent (Schizura ipomoeae)
 Black-blotched Schizura (Schizura leptinoides)
 Unicorn Caterpillar Moth (Schizura unicornis)

Tiger Moths and Lichen Moths (Arctiidae)

Lichen Moths (Lithosiinae)

 Lead-Colored Lichen Moth (Cisthene plumbea)
 Striated Lichen Moth (Cisthene striata)
 Subject Lichen Moth (Cisthene subjecta)
 Thin-Banded Lichen Moth (Cisthene tenuifascia)
 Dark Gray Lichen Moth (Crambidia lithosioides)
 Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)

Tiger Moths (Arctiinae)

 Harnessed Moth (Apantesis phalerata)
 Banded Tiger Moth (Apantesis vittata)
 Red-tailed Specter (Euerythra phasma)
 Phyllira Tiger Moth (Grammia phyllira)
 Colona Moth (Haploa colona)
 Great Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)
 Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea)
 Isabella Tiger Moth or Banded Woolybear (Pyrrharctia isabella)
 Echo Moth (Seirarctia echo)
 Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua)
 Virginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear Moth (Spilosoma virginica)
 Ruddy Holomelina (Virbia rubicundaria)

Syntomine Moths (Syntominae)

 Yellow-Collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)
 Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth (Cosmosoma myrodora)
 Black-Winged Dahana (Dahana atripennis)
 Polka-Dot Wasp Moth (Syntomeida epilais)
 Yellow-Banded Wasp Moth (Syntomeida ipomoeae)

Erebid Moths (Erebidae)

Catocaline Moths (Catocalinae)

 Hemeroblemma opigena (Hemeroblemma opigena)