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Butterflies of Lane County, OregonThe 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
Also see the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center's
Lane County Butterfly Checklist and Oregon Butterfly Checklist.
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