Fredericksburg Nature Center Butterflies

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Common Name Scientific Name
Arizona Sister Adelpha bredowii
Gulf Fritillary

Agraulis vanillae

Hackbery Emperor Asterocampa celtis
Sachem Atalopedes campestris
Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala
Crimson Patch Chlosyne janais
Southern Dogface

Colias cesonia

Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
Queen Danaus gilippus
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis
Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatitus
Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
Little Yellow Eurema lisa
Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe
Reakirt's Blue Hermiargus isola
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
Clouded Skipper Lerema accius
Eufala Skipper

Lerodea eufala

American Snout Libytheana carinenta
Viceroy Limenitis archippus
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus
Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon
Texas Crescent* Phyciodes texana
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
Cabbage White Pieris rapae
Whirlabout Polites vibex
Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis
Checkered White Pontia protodice
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
Red Admiral Vanessa atlanta
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
American Painted Lady* Vanessa virginiensis