| Occurrence | Statewide - resident |
| Abundance | Common to locally abundant; maximum 400 |
| Flight Period | April 20 - October 26 (mainly early May to early October) |
| Notes | Dry early successional fields attract this butterfly in numbers |
| Overwintering | "Larva (nearly mature, sometimes in host plant pod)" |
| More info |
Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website |
| More info |
Butterflies of Massachusetts Website |
Photo by Fred Goodwin - 5/22/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary |
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Photo by Tom Whelan - 2001
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Photo by Tom Whelan - 2002
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Photo © Marj Rines - 7/8/2001
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Photo © Marj Rines - 6/26/1999
Middlesex Fells, Medford |
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Photo © Lesley Mattuchio - Spring 2004
Martin Burns Wildlife Management Area |
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Photo by Tom Whelan - 7/5/2006
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Photo by Frank Model - 7/26/2005
Amherst
Female |
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Photo by Frank Model - 8/13/2006
Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Area, Longmeadow
Mating |
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Photo by Frank Model - 8/4/2005
Conant Brook, Monson |
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Photo by Barbara Spencer - 9/3/2005
Cummington |
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Photo by Barbara Spencer - 8/13/2006
Springfield
Mating |
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