List of butterflies of Oklahoma
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This is a list of all butterflies and skippers found in the state of Oklahoma. Butterflies and skippers are a monophyletic group found in the Lepidoptera order of Insecta. (See the difference between a butterfly and a moth.)
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[edit] Butterflies
Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea
[edit] Swallowtails
Family: Papilionidae
[edit] Swallowtails: Papilioninae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
- Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
- Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
- Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
- Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas)
- Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
- Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
- Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
- Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
[edit] Whites and Sulphers
Family: Pieridae)
[edit] Whites
Subfamily: Pierinae
- Florida White (Appias drusilla)
- Becker's White (Pontia beckerii)
- Spring White (Pontia sisymbrii)
- Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
- Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
- Large Marble (Euchloe ausonides)
- Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)
- Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)
[edit] Sulphurs
Subfamily: Coliadinae
- Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
- Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
- Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
- White Angled-Sulphur (Anteos clorinde)
- Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
- Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)
- Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
- Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
- Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
- Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
- Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
- Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
- Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
[edit] Gossamer-wing Butterflies
Family: Lycaenidae
[edit] Harvester
Subfamily: Miletinae
- Harvesters (Feniseca tarquinius)
[edit] Coppers
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
- American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
- Gray Copper (Lycaena dione)
- Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
- Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)
[edit] Hairstreaks
Subfamily: Theclinae
- Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
- Soapberry Hairstreak (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
- Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
- Behr's Hairstreak (Satyrium behrii)
- Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
- Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
- Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
- Southern Hairstreak (Fixsenia favonius)
- Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus)
- Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
- Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
- Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum)
- Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
- White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)
- Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
- Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
[edit] Blues
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
- Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exile)
- Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
- Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
- Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola)
- Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)
- Spring Azure (Celastrina "ladon")
- Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
- Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
- Melissa Blue (Lycaeides melissa)
- Lupine Blue (Plebeius lupini)
[edit] Metalmarks
Family: Riodinidae
- Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis)
- Northern Metalmark (Calephelis borealis)
[edit] Brush-footed Butterflies
Family: Nymphalidae
[edit] Snouts
Subfamily: Libytheinae
- American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
[edit] Heliconians and Fritillaries
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
- Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
- Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
- Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
- Diana (Speyeria diana)
- Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
- Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
- Edwards' Fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii)
[edit] True Brush-foots
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
- Dotted Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
- Fulvia Checkerspot (Thessalia fulvia)
- Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
- Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
- Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
- Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana)
- Graphic Crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
- Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
- Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
- Field Crescent (Phyciodes pratensis)
- Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
- Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
- Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton)
- Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
- Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
- Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
- Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
- Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
- West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
[edit] Admirals and Relatives
Subfamily: Limenitidinae
- Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
- 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
- Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
- Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
- California Sister (Adelpha bredowii)
- Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)
[edit] Leafwings
Subfamily: Charaxinae
- Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)
[edit] Emperors
Subfamily: Apaturinae
- Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
- Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
[edit] Satyrs
Subfamily: Satyrinae
- Southern Pearly Eye (Enodia portlandia)
- Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon)
- Creole Pearly Eye (Enodia creola)
- Canyonland Satyr (Cyllopsis pertepida)
- Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
- Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
- Georgia Satyr (Neonympha areolata)
- Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)
- Red Satyr (Megisto rubricata)
- Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
- Ridings' Satyr (Neominois ridingsii)
[edit] Monarchs
Subfamily: Danainae
[edit] Skippers
Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae
[edit] Spread-wing Skippers
Subfamily: Pyrginae
- Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Golden Banded-Skipper (Autochton cellus)
- Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades)
- Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
- Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
- Confusing Cloudywing (Thorybes confusis)
- Outis Skipper (Cogia outis)
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
- Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
- Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
- Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
- Rocky Mountain Duskywing (Erynnis telemachus)
- Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
- Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
- Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
- Funereal Duskywing(Erynnis funeralis)
- Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)
- Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
- Common Streaky-Skipper (Celotes nessus)
- Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
[edit] Grass Skippers
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
- Swarthy Skipper (Nastra lherminier)
- Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
- Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
- Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacia)
- Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima)
- Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
- Uncas Skipper (Hesperia uncas)
- Ottoe Skipper (Hesperia ottoe)
- Leonard's Skipper (Hesperia leonardus)
- Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)
- Green Skipper (Hesperia viridis)
- Dotted Skipper (Hesperia attalus)
- Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)
- Rhesus Skipper (Polites rhesus)
- Carus Skipper (Polites carus)
- Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)
- Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes)
- Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
- Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
- Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
- Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)
- Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
- Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos)
- Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)
- Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus)
- Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)
- Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
- Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)
- Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion)
- Black Dash (Euphyes conspicua)
- Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
- Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
- Viereck's Skipper (Atrytonopsis vierecki)
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aenus)
- Linda's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes linda)
- Oslar's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari)
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa)
- Dotted Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes eos)
- Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
- Bell's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes belli)
- Dusky Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes alternata)
- Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
- Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
- Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
[edit] Giant-Skippers
Subfamily: Megathyminae
- Yucca Giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)
- Strecker's Giant-Skipper (Megathymus streckeri)
