These are the butterflies we have seen at Sandhurst Shores. While all of these have been seen in our yard, they also can be found elsewhere in the community.
Silver-spotted Skipper | Epargyreus clarus |
Wild Indigo Duskywing | Erynnis baptisiae |
Arctic Skipper | Carterocephalus palaemon |
Least Skipper | Ancyloxypha numitor |
European Skipper | Thymelicus lineola |
Fiery Skipper | Hylephila phyleus |
Leonard's Skipper | Hesperia leonardus |
Peck's Skipper | Polites peckius |
Tawny-edged Skipper | Polites themistocles |
Crossline Skipper | Polites origenes |
Long Dash | Polites mystic |
Northern Broken-Dash | Wallengrenia egeremet |
Delaware Skipper | Anatrytone logan |
Hobomok Skipper | Poanes hobomok |
Dun Skipper | Euphyes vestris |
Black Swallowtail | Papilio polyxenes |
Giant Swallowtail | Papilio cresphontes |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus |
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio canadensis |
Cabbage White | Pieris rapae |
Clouded Sulphur | Colias philodice |
Orange Sulphur | Colias eurytheme |
Bronze Copper | Lycaena hyllus |
Gray Hairstreak | Strymon melinus |
Eastern Tailed-Blue | Everes comyntas |
Spring Azure | Celastrina ladon |
Summer Azure | Celastrina neglecta |
Silvery Blue | Glaucopsyche lygdamus |
Great Spangled Fritillary | Speyeria cybele |
Pearl Crescent | Phycoides tharos |
Northern Crescent | Phyciodes selenis |
Question Mark | Polygonia interrogationis |
Eastern Comma | Polygonia comma |
Gray Comma | Polygonia progne |
Mourning Cloak | Nymphalis antiopa |
American Lady | Vanessa virginiensis |
Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui |
Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta |
Common Buckeye | Junonia coenia |
'White' Admiral | Limenitis arthemis arthemis |
Viceroy | Limenitis archippus |
Northern Pearly-eye | Enodia anthedon |
Eyed Brown | Satyrodes eurydice |
Little Wood-Satyr | Megisto cymela |
Common Ringlet | Coenonympha tullia |
Common Wood-Nymph | Cercyonis pegala |
Monarch | Danaus plexippus |