A Selected List of Butterflies,
Dragonflies & Damselflies
in North Carolina

(including those during our May-June tours)


A list compiled by Armas Hill
(with input by the staff from the
Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center
in Four Oaks, North Carolina)

Photo at right: a VICEROY
 

Codes:

Numbers noted as (P:xx) refer to plates in the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies, by Paul Opler & Vichai Malikul

Numbers noted as (K:xx) refer to pages in the Kaufman Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America, by Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufman

Numbers noted as (D:xx) refer to pages in the book, "Dragonflies through Binoculars, A Filed Guide to Dragonflies of North America", by Sidney Dunkle
  

(i/E): introduced from Europe
(r): rare


Links:

Upcoming North Carolina Tour Itineraries

List of Birds during Previous North Carolina Tours

Lists of Mammals (Land & Sea) during Previous North Carolina Tours

List of North Carolina Amphibians & Reptiles

Butterflies:

1. (Eastern) Tiger Swallowtail ______ (P:16) (K:21)
   Papilo glaucus
   
   
2. Zebra Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:25) 
   Eurytides marcellus
   
   
3. Spicetail Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:27)
   Papilo troilus
   
   
4. Pipevine Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:27) 
   Battus philenor|
   
   
5. Black Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:29)  
   Papilo polyxenes
   
   
   
   
   Black Swallowtail
   (photo by Howard Eskin)
   
   
6. Palamedes Swallowtail ______ (P:16) (K:37)  
   Papilo palamedes
   
   
7. Cabbage White (or Cabbage Butterfly) (i/E) ______ (P:16) (K:47)
   Pieris rapae
   
   
8. Falcate Orangetip ______ (P:70) (K:57)
   Anthocharis midea
   
   
9. Orange Sulphur ______ (K:61)
   Colias eurytheme
   
   
10. Sleepy Orange (Sulphur) ______ (K:69)
    Eurema nicippe
    
    
11. Cloudless Sulphur ______ (P:19) (K:75)  
    Phoebis sennae
    
    
12. Gray Hairstreak ______ (P:3,8,24) (K:93)
    Strymon melinus
    
    
13. Red-banded Hairstreak ______ (P:22) (K:103)
    Calycopis cecrops
    
    
14. Henry's Elfin ______ (K:105)
    Callophrys henrici
    
    
15. Eastern Pine Elfin ______ (K:107)
    Callophrys niphon
    
    
16. Eastern Tailed-Blue ______ (P:8,25) (K:125)
    Everes comyntas
    
    
17. Spring Azure ______ (K:131)
    Celastrina ladon
    
    
18. "Summer" (has been part of Spring) Azure ______ (K:131)
    Celastrina (ladon) neglecta
    
    
19. Variegated Fritillary ______ (P:3,29) (K:157)
    Euptoieta claudia
    
    
20. Pearl Crescent ______ (P:9,31) (K:177)
    Phyciodes tharos
    
    
21. Question Mark ______ (P:4,10,31) (K:197)
    Polygonia interrogationis
    
    
22. Eastern Comma ______  (K:197)
    Polygonia comma
    
    
23. Red Admiral ______ (P:32) (K:203) 
    Vanessa atalania
    
    
    
    
    Red Admiral on Thistle
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
    
24. Mourning Cloak ______ (K:203)
    Nymphalis antiopa
    
    
25. American Lady ______ (P:10,32) (K:205) 
    Vanessa virginiensis
    
    
26. Painted Lady ______ (K:205)
    Vanessa cardui
    
    
27. Common Buckeye ______ (K:207) 
    Junonia coenia
    
    
    
    
    Common Buckeye on Goldenrod
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
28. Red-spotted Purple ______ (P:10,33) (K:211)
    Limenitis arthemis (conspecific with the more-northerly White Admiral)
    
    
29. Viceroy ______ (P:33) (K:211)
    Limenitis archippus
    
    
30. American Snout ______ (P:8,27) (K:223)
    Libytheana carinenta
    
    
31. Hackberry Emperor ______ (K:223)
    Asterocampa celtis
    
    
32. Monarch ______ (P:36) (K:227) 
    Danaus plexippus
    
    
    
    
    Monarch 
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
33. Carolina Satyr ______ (P:37) (K:231)
    Hermeuptychia sosybius
    
    
34. Gemmed Satyr ______ (K:235)
    Cyllopsis gemma
    
    
35. (Southern) Pearly-eye ______ (P:36) (K:239)
    Enodia portlandia
    
    
36. Creole Pearly Eye ______ (K:239)
    Enodia creola
    
    
37. Silver-spotted Skipper ______ (P;3,12,39) (K:257)
    Epargyreus clarus
    
    
38. Juvenal's Duskywing ______ (P:41) (K:281) 
    Erynnis juvenalis
    
    
39. Horace's Duskywing ______ (K:281)
    Erynnis horatius
    
    
40. Common Checkered-Skipper ______ (K:289) 
    Pyrgus communis
    
    
41. Hayhurst's Scallopwing ______ (K:297)
    Staphyllus hayhurstii
    
    
42. Common Sootywing ______ (K:299)
    Pholisora catullus
    
    
43. Fiery Skipper ______ (K:303)
    Hylephila phyleus
    
    
44. Whirlabout ______ (K:303)
    Polites vibex
    
    
45. Sachem ______ (P:46) (K:303)
    Atalopedes campestris
    
    
46. Least Skipper ______ (K:305)
    Ancyloxypha numitor
    
    
47. Southern Skipperling ______ (K:305)
    Copaeodes minima
    
    
48. Clouded Skipper ______ (P:43) (K:309)
    Lerema accius
    
    
49. Tawny-edged Skipper ______ (K:325) 
    Polites themistocles
    
    
50. Southern Broken-Dash ______ (K:327)
    Wallengrenia otho
    
    
51. Little Glassywing ______ (K:327)
    Pompeius verna
    
    
52. Zabulon Skipper ______ (K:331)
    Poanes zabulon
    
    
53. Carolina Roadside Skipper ______ (P:47) (K:345)
    Amblyscirtes carolina
    
    
54. Lace-winged Roadside- Skipper ______ (K:345)
    Amblyscirtes aesculapius
    
    
55. Eufala Skipper ______ (K:353) 
    Lerodea eufala
    
    
56. Ocola Skipper ______ (K:355)
    Panoquina ocola
    
    
57. Yucca Giant-Skipper ______ (K:359)
    Megathymus yuccae
    
    
    
    Dragonflies:
     
    
58. Common Green Darner ______ (D:1)
    Anax junius
    
    
59. Swamp Darner ______ (D:2)
    Epiaeschna heros
    
    
60. Lancet Clubtail ______ (D:8)
    Gomphus exilis
    
    
61. Illinois River Cruiser (southern form) ______ (D:21)
    Macromia illnoiensis georgina
    
    
62. Common Baskettail ______ (D:23)
    Epitheca cynosura
    
    
63. Prince Baskettail ______ (D:23)
    Epitheca princeps
    
    
64. Common Whitetail ______ (D:28)
    Libellula lydia
    
    
65. Painted Skimmer ______ (D:29)
    Libellula semifasciata
    
    
66. Spangled Skimmer ______ (D:30)
    Libellula cyanea
    
    
67. Great Blue Skimmer ______ (D:32)
    Libellula vibrans
    
    
68. Slaty Skimmer ______ (D:33)
    Libellula incesta
    
    
69. Twelve-spotted Skimmer _____  (has also been called the "Ten-Spot" for the number of white spots in the wings of the male, rather than the number of brown spots)
    Libellula pulchella
    
    
70. Eastern Pondhawk ______ (D:39)
    Erythemis simplicicollis
    
    
71. Blue Dasher ______ (D:39)
    Pachydiplax longipennis
    
    
72. Black Saddlebags ______ (D:40)
    Tramea lacerata
    
    
73. Wandering Glider ______ (D:40)
    Pantala flavescens
    
    
74. Carolina Saddlebags ______ (D:41)
    Tramea carolina
    
    
75. Banded Pennant ______ (D:44)
    Celithemis fasciata
    
    
76. Common Sanddragon ______ (D:15)
    Progomphus obscurus
    
    
    Damselflies:
    
    
77. Orange Bluet ______
    
    
78. Fragile Forktail ______
    
    
    
    Some selected reference books regarding Butterflies:
    
    "A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies", by Paul Opler, illustrated by Vichai Malikul, 1992 
    
    "Butterflies of North America", by Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufmann (with 2,200 images & 70 photographs)
    
    "Butterflies through Binoculars", by Jeffrey Glassberg, 1993