A Field Guide to Eastern ButterfliesFeatures descriptions of over 500 species of butterflies, as well as color range maps of the different species. Includes information on butterfly gardening, habitats and conservation. |
Contents
About Butterflies | 2 |
Butterfly Habitats | 34 |
Superfamily Papilionoidea | 43 |
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adults America to Argentina Arctic areas Ariz basal black borders black spots blue Boisduval broods butterflies Canada Caterpillar cell spot checkered CHECKERSPOT Cloudless Sulphur Colo costa CRESCENT dark brown DION SKIPPER discal dorsal Early stages east EASTERN PINE ELFIN edges ELFIN Euphyes eyespots Fabricius female Flight Food forests forewing forewing apex fringes FRITILLARY Genus GIANT SKIPPER gray GRAY HAIRSTREAK green Habitat hindwing hindwing underside Hübner iridescent lacks Little Wood Satyr lower Rio mainland tropical America Male forewing median band METALMARK Mexico Mexico south mottled North America outer margin pale patch peninsular Fla plants postmedian line prairie Range Rare stray red-brown red-orange RED-SPOTTED PURPLE Rio Grande Valley ROADSIDE SKIPPER SATYR scrub Scudder Similar species south through mainland south to cen Strays north stripes submarginal row SULPHUR SWALLOWTAIL Papilio SWARTHY SKIPPER tails Texas underside hindwing Underside of hindwing Upperside upperside forewing veins W.H. Edwards white spots woods yellow yellow-green yellow-orange