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Butterflies of Lane County, Oregon

The list below includes all of the butterfly species documented in Lane County, Oregon according to the Atlas of Oregon Butterflies. Clicking on the latin name will take you to the listing for that species at the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center website, which includes photos and natural history information. The names used here are from the NABA "English Names for North American Butterflies," 2001. Note: some of the names used on the USGS NPWRC website are different those on the NABA list. For cross-referencing, see our translations page.

# Common Name Genus Species
Swallowtails and Parnassians
1 clodius parnassian Parnassius clodius
2 anise swallowtail Papilio zelicaon
3 western tiger swallowtail Papilio rutulus
4 two-tailed swallowtail Papilio multicaudata
5 pale swallowtail Papilio eurymedon
Whites and sulphurs
6 pine white Neophasia menapia
7 checkered white Pontia protodice
8 western white Pontia occidentalis
9 mustard white Pieris napi
10 cabbage white Pieris rapae
11 sara orangetip Anthocharis sara
12 orange sulphur Colias eurytheme
13 western sulphur Colias occidentalis
14 Queen Alexandra's sulphur Colias alexandra
Coppers, hairstreaks and blues
15 tailed copper Lycaena arota
16 great copper Lycaena xanthoides
17 Edith's copper Lycaena editha
18 blue copper Lycaena heteronea
19 purplish copper Lycaena helloides
20 lilac bordered copper Lycaena nivalis
21 mariposa copper Lycaena mariposa
22 golden hairstreak Habrodais grunus
23 Behr's hairstreak Satryium behrii
24 sylvan hairstreak Satyrium sylvinus
25 hedgerow hairstreak Satyrium saepium
26 bramble hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum
27 "coastal" bramble hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum viridis
28 brown elfin Callophrys augustinus
29 moss elfin Callophrys mossii
30 western pine elfin Callophrys eryphon
31 Johnson's hairstreak Callophrys johnsoni
32 'Nelson's' juniper hairstreak Callophrys gryneus nelsoni
33 gray hairstreak Strymon melinus
34 eastern tailed blue Everes comyntas
35 western tailed blue Everes amyntula
36 spring azure Celastrina ladon
37 square-dotted blue Euphilotes battoides
38 dotted blue Euphilotes enoptes
39 silvery blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus
40 northern blue Lycaeides idas
41 greenish blue Plebejus saepolius
42 Boisduval's blue Plebejus icarioides
43 Fender's blue Plebejus icarioides fenderi
44 acmon blue Plebejus acmon
45 lupine blue Plebejus lupinus

# Common Name Genus Species
Brush-footed butterflies (fritillaries, crescents, checkerspots, admirals)
46 great spangled fritillary Speyeria cybele
47 zerene frittillary Speyeria zerene
48 callippe fritillary Speyeria callippe
49 atlantis fritillary Speyeria atlantis
50 hydaspe frittillary Speyeria hydaspe
51 Mormon fritillary Speyeria mormonia
52 Pacific fritillary Boloria epithore
53 Northern checkerspot Chlosyne palla
54 Hoffman's checkerspot Chlosyne hoffmanni
55 field crescent Phyciodes pulchellus
56 mylitta crescent Phyciodes mylitta
57 chalcedon variable checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona
58 Edith's checkerspot Euphydryas editha
59 satyr comma Polygonia satyrus
60 green comma Polygonia faunus
61 hoary comma Polygonia gracilis
62 gray comma Polygonia progne
63 California tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica
64 mourning cloak Nymphalis antiopa
65 Milbert's tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti
66 American lady Vanessa virginiensis
67 painted lady Vanessa cardui
68 west coast lady Vanessa annabella
69 red admiral Vanessa atalanta
70 common buckeye Junonia coenia
71 Lorquin's admiral Limenitis lorquinia
72 California sister Adelpha bredowii
Satyrs, Arctic and Monarch
73 common ringlet Coenonympha tullia
74 common wood-nymph Cercyonis pegala
75 great basin wood-nymph Cercyonis sthenele
76 small wood-nymph Cercyonis oetus
77 great arctic Oeneis nevadensis
78 monarch Danaus plexippus
Skippers
79 silver-spotted skipper Epargyreus clarus
80 dreamy dusky wing Erynnis icelus
81 Propertius dusky wing Erynnis propertius
82 persius dusky wing Erynnis persius
83 two-banded checkered skipper Pyrgus ruralis
84 common checkered skipper Pyrgus communis
85 arctic skipper Carterocephalus palaemon
86 juba skipper Hesperia juba
87 common branded skipper Hesperia comma
88 Sonoran skipper Polites sonora
89 sachem Atalopedes campestris
90 woodland skipper Oechlodes sylvanoides
91 dun skipper Euphyes vestris
92 common roadside skipper Ablyscirtes vialis


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