Butterfly Checklist St. Louis Area
Taxonomic
(St. Louis City; St. Louis, St. Charles & Jefferson Counties; and Madison County, Ill.)
Compiled for NABA St. Louis by Jim Ziebol and Yvonne Homeyer, May, 2000
Checklist Key: C = Common; U = Uncommon; R = Rare; Ca = Casual
Photos are accessed via common name links. Names that aren’t linked have no photos.
SWALLOWTAILS, Papilionidae
- _____ Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor (C)
- _____ Zebra Swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus (C)
- _____ Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes (U)
- _____ Ozark Swallowtail (Woodland Swallowtail), Papilio joanae (R)
- _____ Giant Swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes (C)
- _____ Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus (C)
- _____ Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus (C)
WHITES and SULPHURS, Pieridae
- _____ Checkered White, Pontia protodice (R)
- _____ Cabbage White, Pieris rapae (C)
- _____ Olympia Marble, Euchloe olympia (Ca)
- _____ Falcate Orangetip, Anthocharis midea (U)
- _____ Clouded Sulphur, Colias philodice (C)
- _____ Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme (C)
- _____ Southern Dogface, Colias cesonia (R)
- _____ Cloudless Sulphur, Phoebis sennae (C)
- _____ Little Yellow, Eurema lisa (C)
- _____ Sleepy Orange, Eurema nicippe (R)
- _____ Dainty Sulphur, Nathalis iole (C)
GOSSAMER-WINGED BUTTERFLIES, Lycaenidae
- _____ Harvester, Feniseca tarquinius (R)
- _____ American Copper, Lycaena phlaeas (R)
- _____ Gray Copper, Lycaena dione (Ca)
- _____ Bronze Copper, Lycaena hyllus (U)
- _____ Coral Hairstreak, Satyrium titus (U)
- _____ Edwards’ Hairstreak, Satyrium edwardsii (R)
- _____ Hickory Hairstreak, Satyrium caryaevorum (U)
- _____ Banded Hairstreak, Satyrium calanus (U)
- _____ Striped Hairstreak, Satyrium liparops (R)
- _____ Southern Hairstreak, Fixsenia favonius (R)
- _____ Henry’s Elfin, Callophrys henrici (R)
- _____ Eastern Pine Elfin, Callophrys niphon (R)
- _____ Juniper Hairstreak (Olive Hairstreak), Callophrys grysneus C
- _____ White M Hairstreak, Parrhasius m-album (R)
- _____ Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus (C)
- _____ Red-banded Hairstreak, Calycopis cecrops (R)
- _____ Reakirt’s Blue, Hemiargus isola (R)
- _____ Eastern Tailed-Blue, Everes comyntas (C)
- _____ Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon (C)
- _____ Summer Azure, Celastrina ladon neglecta (C)
- _____ Dusky Azure, Celastrina nigra (Ca)
- _____ Silvery Blue, Glaucopsyche lygdamus (R)
METALMARKS, Riodinidae
- _____ Swamp Metalmark, Calephelis muticum (U)
BRUSHFOOTS, Nymphalidae
- _____ American Snout, Libytheana carinenta (C)
- _____ Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta claudia (U)
- _____ Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele (C)
- _____ Meadow Fritillary, Boloria bellona Ca
- _____ Gorgone Checkerspot, Chlosyne gorgone (R)
- _____ Silvery Checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis (C)
- _____ Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos (C)
- _____ Baltimore Checkerspot, Euphydryas phaeton (R)
- _____ Question Mark, Polygonia interrogationis (C)
- _____ Eastern Comma, Polygonia comma (C)
- _____ Gray Comma, Polygonia progne (U)
- _____ Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa (C)
- _____ American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis (R)
- _____ Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui U
- _____ Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta (U)
- _____ Common Buckeye, Junonia coenia (C)
- _____ Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax C
- _____ Viceroy, Limenitis archippus (U)
- _____ Goatweed Leafwing, Anaea andria (U)
- _____ Hackberry Emperor, Asterocampa celtis (C)
- _____ Tawny Emperor, Asterocampa clyton (U)
SATYRS, WOOD NYMPHS and BROWNS, Satyridae
- _____ Northern Pearly-eye, Enodia anthedon (U)
- _____ Appalachian Brown, Satyrodes appalachia (Ca)
- _____ Little Wood Satyr, Megisto cymela (C)
- _____ Common Wood-Nymph, Cercyonis pegala (C)
MONARCHS, Danaidae
- _____ Monarch, Danaus plexippus (C)
SKIPPERS, Hesperiidae
- _____ Silver-spotted Skipper, Epargyreus clarus (C)
- _____ Golden-banded Skipper, Autochton cellus (Ca)
- _____ Hoary Edge, Achalarus lyciades (R)
- _____ Southern Cloudywing, Thorybes bathyllus (U)
- _____ Northern Cloudywing, Thorybes pylades (C)
- _____ Confused Cloudywing, Thorybes confusis (R)
- _____ Hayhurst’s Scallopwing, Staphylus hayhurstii (R)
- _____ Sleepy Duskywing, Erynnis brizo (U)
- _____ Juvenal’s Duskywing, Erynnis juvenalis (U)
- _____ Horace’s Duskywing, Erynnis horatius (C)
- _____ Mottled Duskywing, Erynnis martialis (R)
- _____ Funereal Duskywing, Erynnis funeralis (Ca)
- _____ Wild Indigo Duskywing, Erynnis baptisiae (U)
- _____ Common Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus communis C
- _____ Common Sootywing, Pholisora catullus (U)
- _____ Swarthy Skipper, Nastra lherminier (U)
- _____ Clouded Skipper, Lerema accius (R)
- _____ Least Skipper, Ancyloxypha numitor (C)
- _____ Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus (C)
- _____ Leonard’s Skipper, Hesperia leonardus (Ca)
- _____ Cobweb Skipper, Hesperia metea (R)
- _____ Peck’s Skipper, Polites peckius (U)
- _____ Tawny-edged Skipper, Polites themistocles (U)
- _____ Crossline Skipper, Polites origenes (C)
- _____ Northern Broken-Dash, Wallengrenia egeremetU
- _____ Little Glassywing, Pompeius verna (C)
- _____ Sachem, Atalopedes campestris (C)
- _____ Delaware Skipper, Anatrytone logan (C)
- _____ Byssus Skipper, Problema byssus (R)
- _____ Hobomok Skipper, Poanes hobomok (R)
- _____ Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon C
- _____ Broad-winged Skipper, Poanes viator (R)
- _____ Dion Skipper, Euphyes dion (R)
- _____ Dukes’ Skipper, Euphyes dukesi (R)
- _____ Dun Skipper, Euphyes vestris (C)
- _____ Linda’s Roadside-Skipper, Amblyscirtes linda (R)
- _____ Pepper and Salt Skipper, Amblyscirtes hegon (R)
- _____ Common Roadside-Skipper, Amblyscirtes vialis (R)
- _____ Bell’s Roadside-Skipper, Amblyscirtes belli (Ca)
- _____ Eufala Skipper, Lerodea eufala (Ca)
- _____ Dusted Skipper, Atrytonopsis hianna (U)
