This list is not someone’s best guess, but actual identifications by experts in the county of Philadelphia (the whole city).Īll the species names are linked to the profile on the Butterflies and Moths website. The Northern Cloudywing is similar, but has nonaligned subapical spots, all spots are smaller in size than the Southern Cloudywing, its antenna are not light-colored at the bend, and its face is dark.
The following list is of the 115 confirmed sightings of butterflies in Philadelphia by the kind folks at Montana State University’s Butterflies and Moths of North America website. The North American Butterfly Association ( ) has journals, plant lists for butterfly gardening and citizen science projects related to butterflies. The species accounts on, give nectar and larval host plants that you can plant to attract local butterflies to your garden. Confused Cloudywing (Thorybes confusis) Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus) Golden-banded Skipper (Autochton cellus) Hayhurst’s Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii) Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades) Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus. Area Sighting Locations: Seasonal Flight Data: April - September. VENTRAL Caterpillar Hostplants: Unknown, but most likely similar to hosts used by Thorybes pylades and Thorybes bathyllus. My first memory of this species is in large open field in central Wisconsin, painted orange and yellow with several species of Hawkweed (Hieracium), the butterfly flitting from flower to flower ahead of me, never sitting long enough for a decent photo. Why not go butterfly watching in the big city? Confused Cloudywing (Thorybes confusis ) DORSAL. The Northern Cloudywing is not a common skipper, usually seen singly, and often nectaring. This is the only Missouri cloudywing in which the adult males have a costal fold (that’s a small folded-over portion on the. The forewing white spots tend to be small.
In this species, the face is dark, and there is no white spot on the antennae. How many butterflies live in Philadelphia? Ten species? Twenty? How about 115! Generate a list for where you live by using the regional checklist feature on. Adult northern cloudwings, like other cloudywing skippers, typically rest with wings apread horizontally, and they are dark brown above and beneath. The names and order in this list follow the Checklist of North American Butterflies, second edition, published by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA). ‘R’ indicates the species is rare and not to be expected. Monarch butterfly on a zinnia in my Philadelphia garden Numbers (1-12) indicate months butterfly species have been observed in the Preserve.
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