North Central Florida Chapter

of the North American Butterfly Association ___________________________________________________

North Central Florida Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association

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zlongwing@aol.com
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North American Butterfly Association
www.naba.org
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Click on image to see a slide-show on the flora and fauna of the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. Presented by Barbara Woodmansee, NCF NABA member. Site is updated regularly!
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Featured Butterfly:
Henry's Elfin

Click on image for details
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NABA North Central
Florida Chapter
Members:
Please save your old
copies of Butterfly
Gardener and
American Butterflies!
Bring them to a meeting or to a field trip and we will re-cycle them by distributing copies to prospective members.

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Click on the sign for info concerning NABA'S Butterfly Garden
Certification Program
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This page was last updated on 02/15/13.
Jack V. Shaw
Chapter Web Administrator
email:
jackvshaw15@bellsouth.net
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Butterflies of Alachua County, Florida
by Marc C. Minno, PhD

Note: Species with * are possibly or only occasionally present.

Image: Click on the name of a butterfly for a photo, where available, of that species. In addition, many of the butterflies are linked to Florida Wildflowers and Butterflies, an excellent website developed and maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History with equally excellent online field guide of selected Florida butterflies. Text and photos by Jaret Daniels, PhD.  Also, some of the butterflies are linked to Butterflies and Moths of North America (* see below), another excellent butterfly site. Each such link provides images, identification aids, and natural history of the indicated butterfly. To use the Butterflies and Moths site, once into the site choose the "Image Gallery" selection and enter the common name or scientific name of the butterfly of interest. Butterflies and Moths can also be used to help identify unknown butterflies. Choose the "Identify" selection for this purpose.

Use your browser "print" function to obtain a field copy of the following list of butterflies.

*Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. 2006. Butterflies and Moths of North America, Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version 12-29-2007)

Swallowtails (Papilionidae)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

The Gossamer-winged Butterflies-Harvesters, Hairstreaks and Blues (Lycaenidae)

Metalmarks (Riodinidae)

Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Skippers (Hesperlidae)

Happy Butterflying...