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Butterflies and Caterpillars of Sarasota County

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Swallowtails   Family Papilionidae

    Swallowtails    Subfamily Papilioninae

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Pipevine Swallowtail Laying Eggs Pipevine Swallowtail eggs Pipevine Swallowtail
photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen
Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail
photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen
Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail
photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen

 

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)    


Black Swallowtail Egg
Black Swallowtail Early Instar Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
photo by BZ Bowen
photo by BZ Bowen
photo by BZ Bowen 
Black Swallowtail Chrysalis Black Swallowtail Adult Black Swallowtail Adult
photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen photo by BZ Bowen

                                    

       

Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

Polydamas Eggs Polydamas Baby Caterpillars Polydamas Caterpillars
photo by B.Z. Bowen
photo by B.Z. Bowen photo by B.Z. Bowen
Polydamas Caterpillars Polydamas Chrysalis Polydamas Adult
photo by B.Z. Bowen photo by B.Z. Bowen photo by B.Z. Bowen

 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

photo by R. Skinner
photo by R. Linsley
photo by R. Linsley

            

Whites and Sulphurs       Family Pieridae   

Whites Subfamily Pierinae
Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
 
photo by R. Linsley
photo by R. Linsley
 

Sulphurs  Subfamily Coliadinae

       Cloudless Sulphur  (Phoebis sennae)

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      photo by M. Keyser   photo by M. Keyser

        Orange-Barred Sulphur  (Phoebis philea)    

orngcat.jpg (16584 bytes) orngj.jpg (71561 bytes) orngpupa.jpg (17105 bytes)  
photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by B.Z. Bowen    photo by B.Z. Bowen

 

Brush-footed Butterflies   Family Nymphalidae

    Heliconians and Fritillaries  Subfamily Heliconiinae

        Zebra heliconian (Heliconius charitonius)
                                   
                                       
The Florida State Butterfly

egglay.jpg (109110 bytes) cateat.jpg (20488 bytes) emrgC.jpg (29741 bytes) emrg5.jpg (39785 bytes)
photos by Anne Jackson and Darryl Saffer  photos by Anne Jackson and Darryl Saffer 
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photos by Anne Jackson and Darryl Saffer   photo by R. Linsley


        Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

gulfcat.jpg (29529 bytes) Gulfup.jpg (30508 bytes) gulfunder.jpg (28692 bytes) gulftwo.jpg (34877 bytes)
photo by B.Z. Bowen    photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by B.Z. Bowen photo by B.Z. Bowen


 Monarchs: Subfamily Danainae

        Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Monarch Egg Monarch Baby Caterpillar Monarch Caterpillar
photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by B.Z. Bowen 
Monarch J Monarch Chrysalis Forming Monchrys.jpg (6308 bytes)
photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by B.Z. Bowen  photo by J. Ayre
Monarch Clear Chrysalis Monarch Adult  
photo by B.Z. Bowen   photo by B.Z. Bowen   

Soldier (Danaus eresimus)

   
photo by B. Feinberg
   

                                                       

Skippers   Family Hesperiidae

    Spread-wing Skippers - Subfamily Pyrginae

        Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion)

Mangrove Skipper Mangrove Skipper
photo by B.Z. Bowen photo by B.Z. Bowen

 

Grass-Skippers - Subfamily Hesperiinae   

 

 
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)

 

photo by B.Z. Bowen
photo by B.Z. Bowen
photo by B.Z. Bowen

 

 

 

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