CHECKLIST OF BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED AND/OR COLLECTED IN
THE FIU SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM
PRESERVE  BETWEEN  1980 – 2003

[*Note - most butterfly species have a link to the United States
Geological Survey (USGS) Butterflies of North America webpages, now operated
by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and the
NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node, containing
photographs, information, references, and maps.
This webpage was constructed as part of Michael O'Brien's
Eagle Scout Service Project, BSA Troop 636.]

Family/scientific name/common name           residency     abundance

Family Nymphalidae (*Note: Use mouse to click on each species listed below to find out more about the butterfly.)

     Subfamily Nymphalinae

1.   Anartia jatrophae (white peacock)                                       B                1

2.   Phyciodes phaon (phaon crescent)                                     B                3

3.   Junonia coenia (common buckeye)                                     B                2

4.   Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)                                            B                2

5.   V. cardui (painted lady)                                                          B               3

6.   Siproeta steneles (malachite)                                               V               3

    Subfamily Limenitidinae

1.   Marpesia petreus (ruddydagger wing)                                 B                2

2.   Limenitus archippus floridensis (viceroy)                           B                3

     Subfamily Danainae

1.   Danaus plexippus (monarch)                                               B                1

2.   D. giluppus berenice (queen)                                               B                3

3.   D. eresimus (soldier)                                                             B                3

     Subfamily Heliconiinae

1.   Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary)                                              B                1

2.   Dryas julia (Julia)                                                                    B                2

3.   Heliconius charitonius tuckeri (zebra)                                 B                1

Family Papilionidae

1.   Heraclites cresphontes (giant swallowtail)                           B                2

2.   Papilio palamedes (palamedes swallowtail)                       B                2

3.   Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail)                                   V                3

Family Pieridae

Subfamily Coliadinae

1.   Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur)                                         B                1

2.   P. philea  (orange-barred sulphur)                                             B                1

3.   P. agarithe  (agarithe sulphur)                                                     V                3

4.   Nathalis iole  (dainty sulphur)                                                     B                2

5.   Eurema daira (daira sulphur)                                                      B               2

6.   E. nicippe  (sleepy orange)                                                     B                2

Subfamily Pierinae

1.   Pieris protodice (checkered white)                                         V                3

2.  Ascia monuste  (great southern white)                                    V                3

Family Lycaenidae

Subfamily Theclinae

1.   Eumaeus atala (atala)                                                               B               2

2.  Ministrymon angelica (angel hairstreak)                                  ?               3

3.   Panthiades m-album (white-m hairstreak)                              B              3

4.   Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak)                                           B               2

5.   S. martialis (martial scrub-hairstreak)                                      B              2

6.  S. columella (columella hairstreak)                                           ?               3

Subfamily Polyommartinal

1.  Leptotes cassius (cassius blue)                                                B               1

Family Hesperiidae

Subfamily Pyrginae

1.   Goniurus proteus (long-tailed skipper)                                    B              1

2.   G. dorantes (dorantes skipper)                                                  B              3

3.  Pyrgus oileus (tropical checkered-skipper)                             B              1

4.  Erynnis zarucco (zarucco duskywing)                                       ?              3

5.  Polygonius lividus (hammock skipper)                                   B               2

Subfamily Hesperiinae

1.   Asbolis capucinus (monk skipper)                                           B              2

2.   Hylephila phileus (fiery skipper)                                               B              1

3.   Panoquines ocola (ocola skipper)                                           B              2

4.   Lerema accius (dusty skipper)                                                  B             3

5.   Oligora maculata (twin-spot skipper)                                        B              3

6.   Cymaenes tripunctus (three-spotted skipper)                        B             2

7.   Polites bacaroa (baracoa skipper)                                            B              1

8.   Atalopedes campestris (sachem skipper)                               B               1

TOTAL SPECIES = 45

Key to abbreviations:
Residency B = breeding in the Preserve  V = visitor (probably non-breeding) ? = unknown
 Abundance 1 = common 2 = occasional  3 = rarely seen 

Compiled by Thomas Pliske, Ph.D., Environmental Studies Department, Florida International University

March, 2003
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The resource used for information to compliment Dr. Pliske's compilation is:

Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, and Ray E. Stanford (coordinators).
     1995.  Butterflies of North America.  Jamestown, ND: Northern
     Prairie Wildlife Research Center Home Page.
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
     (Version 12DEC2003). See  http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

This resource is based on the following sources:

Opler, Paul A.  1995.  Lepidoptera of North America: 2. Distribution of the
     butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioides) of the eastern United States.
     Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Insect Biodiversity.
     Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.  Unpaginated.

Pavulaan, Harry and Paul A. Opler.  1995.  Atlas of eastern butterflies.
     Unpublished information.

Stanford, Ray E. and Paul A. Opler.  1993.  Atlas of western USA butterflies,
     including adjacent parts of Canada and Mexico.  Published by authors.
     Denver, Colorado.  275pp.

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