Butterflies of Howard County
- SPREAD-WINGED SKIPPERS
- Silver-spotted Skipper (C)
- Long-tailed Skipper (R)
- Hoary Edge (R)
- Southern Cloudywing (U)
- Northern Cloudywing (U)
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing (R)
- Dreamy Duskywing (U)
- Sleepy Duskywing (U)
- Juvenal's Duskywing (C)
- Horace's Duskywing (C)
- Wild Indigo Duskywing(C)
- Common Checkered-Skipper(U)
- Common Sootywing (U)
- GRASS-SKIPPERS
- Swarthy Skipper (U)
- Clouded Skipper (R)
- Least Skipper (C)
- European Skipper (U)
- Fiery Skipper (U)
- Leonard's Skipper (E)
- Peck's Skipper (C)
- Tawny-edged Skipper (U)
- Crossline Skipper (A)
- Northern Broken-Dash (U)
- Little Glassywing (C)
- Sachem (A)
- Delaware Skipper (E)
- Mulberry Wing (U)
- Hobomock Skipper (U)
- Zabulon Skipper (C)
- Broad-winged Skipper (R)
- Black Dash (E)
- Dun Skipper (U)
- Dusted Skipper (R)
- Common Roadside-Skipper (E)
- Ocola Skipper (R)
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- SWALLOWTAILS
- Pipevine Swallowtail (U)
- Zebra Swallowtail (U)
- Black Swallowtail (U)
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (C/A)
- Spicebush Swallowtail (C)
- WHITES & SULPHURS
- Checkered White (R)
- Cabbage White (A)
- Falcate Orangetip (U)
- Clouded Sulphur (C)
- Orange Sulphur (C/A)
- Cloudless Sulphur (R)
- Little Yellow (U/R)
- Sleepy Orange (U/R)
- GOSSAMER-WINGS
- Harvester (R)
- American Copper (U)
- Bronze Copper (R)
- Coral Hairstreak (R)
- Banded Hairstreak (U)
- Striped Hairstreak (R)
- Red-banded Hairstreak (U)
- Juniper Hairstreak (U)
- Brown Elfin (R)
- Eastern Pine Elfin (R)
- 'Northern' Oak Hairstreak (E)
- White M Hairstreak (R)
- Gray Hairstreak (C)
- Eastern Tailed-Blue (A)
- Spring Azure (C)
- Summer Azure (C)
- Appalachian Azure (E)
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- BRUSHFOOTS
- American Snout (R)
- Variegated Fritillary (C)
- Great Spangled Fritillary (C)
- Regal Fritillary (E)
- Silver-bordered Fritillary (E)
- Meadow Fritillary (U)
- Silvery Checkerspot (R/E)
- Pearl Crescent (A)
- Baltimore Checkerspot (R)
- Question Mark (U)
- Eastern Comma (U)
- Mourning Cloak (U)
- American Lady (C)
- Painted Lady (C)
- Red Admiral (C)
- Common Buckeye (C)
- Red-spotted Purple (C)
- Viceroy (U)
- Hackberry Emperor (R)
- Tawny Emperor (R/E)
- SATYRS
- Northern Pearly-Eye (U)
- Appalachian Brown (C)
- Little Wood-Satyr (C)
- Common Wood-Nymph (U)
- MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES
- Monarch (C)
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Compiler: Richard Smith
The letter(s) in parentheses in the checklist indicate the
number of specimens likely to be seen on a single visit to the
species' habitat at the time of maximum adult population during
the flight period.
- A - Abundant 20 or more
- C - Common 3 to 20
- U - Uncommon 0 to 3
- R - Rare rarely seen*
- E - Extirpated possibly no longer in Howard County*
*If rare or extirpated species are observed in the
county, please contact compiler
Richard H. Smith
Copyright © 1993. Howard County Bird Club,
Revised March 2012