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Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
Pipevine swallowtails are black with a row of pale spots near the wing margins. The males have blue-green iridescence on the hindwing. Bright orange spots on blue background are on the underside on the hindwing. |
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Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
The giant swallowtail is large and dark brown and yellow. The upperside is dark with yellow bands that cross. The tails on the hindwing have a yellow center. The underside is pale and the hindwing has a median band. |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
Males are yellow and females can be yellow or black. The yellow eastern tiger swallowtails have black tiger stripes. The yellow band is broken up into spots on the underside of the forewing. Females have more blue on the hindwing. The black females have a shadow of tiger stripes on the upperside and have a different pattern on the underside. |
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American Snout Libytheana carinenta
The head has a long snout like appendage. The upperside is brown and orange with white forewing spots. The underside can vary and be plain or spotted or smeared gray. |
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Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops
Red-banded hairstreaks are small. The upperside is black and blue. They are gray-brown on the underside with white lines edged inwardly with a thick red band. There is a blue spot near the hindwing. |
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Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
The upperside is bright red orange with black markings and a few white spots on the forewing. The underside is brown with silvery spots. |
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Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudiat
The upperside is orange-brown with black spots and median lines. The underside is brown, median and marginal patches not as dark. |
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Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon
The upperside is black and orange with cream median bands. The underside is light tan with brown lines which become more extensive in the winter. |
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Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
The upperside is orange with black borders and markings. The underside has a pale yellow hindwing with brown reticulations and a dark brown patch enclosing a light-colored crescent. Spring and fall individuals have a silvery mottled hindwing. |
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Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis
The upperside is red-orange with black spots and a black dash on the forewing. The underside is purplish brown with silvery question mark in the center. |
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Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis
The upperside is an iridescent blackish blue. The underside is brown with red-orange bars on the forewing. |
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Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis
The upperside is pale orange to brown with one or two eyespots on the forewing and jagged white spots. The underside is tan, gray, or light brown with yellow eyespots and blue centers. |
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Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
The upperside is brown with multicolored eyespots, a pale bar on the forewing, and orange bars across the forewing and wing margins. The underside is brown, tan, or red depending on the season. |
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Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton
The upperside is yellowish brown with two brown bars on the forewing. The hindwing has black submarginal spots. The underside has marks on the forewing and hindwing but may be indistinct. |
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Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius
The upperside is brown and has no markings. The underside is brown with many small eyespots outlined in yellow. |
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Monarch Danaus plexippus
The upperside is bright orange with black veins and white spots on the borders. The underside is a paler orange color. |
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Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
The upperside is brownish black with a light orange band on forewing. The underside has a large silvery patch on the hindwing. |
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Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus
The upperside is blackish brown with a bluish green body. The underside has a dark band on the forewing and another band on the hindwing. The tail is long. |
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Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii
The upperside is black with checkered black and tan fringe. There are two bands across each wing with small dots. The underside is a pale brown color with similar pattern. |
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Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus oileus
The upperside is dark brown with light markings and hindwing bands. The underside of hindwing is light brown with three spots along the edge. |
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Clouded Skipper Lerema accius
The upperside is dark brown with white spots on the forewing. The underside is dark brown with light patches and a violet sheen. |
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Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor
The upperside forewing is orange with a black border and the hindwing is light orange. The underside is black with orange borders on the forewing and the hindwing is light orange. |
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Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
The upperside is light orange with a brown border. The underside is light orange with small black spots. |
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Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima
The upperside is mostly pale orange with little markings. Females have black edging and veins. The underside is orange with white stripe from the base to outer margin. |