These pages show many of the butterflies found in the Duke Forest. Click on the family name to take you to those photos:
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American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Durham Division 9/24/2004 |
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Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) |
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Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) |
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Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) Korstian Division 5/5/2004 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Durham Division 10/3/2004 |
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Question Marks (Polygonia interrogationis) Blackwood Division 5/20/2003 |
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Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) |
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Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) |
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American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Blackwood Division 7/16/2003 |
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Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Duke Gardens 10/9/2004 |
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) |
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Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Durham Division 7/20/2003 |
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Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) Duke Gardens 8/16/2003 |
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Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) |
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Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) Blackwood Division 5/19/2004 |
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Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) |
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Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon) Blackwood Division 5/19/2004 |
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Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia) |
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Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma) Blackwood Division 4/15/2004 |
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Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius) Durham Division 4/25/2004 |
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Little Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela) Durham Division 5/29/2004 |
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Common Wood-Nymph (Megisto cymela) |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) |
Created on ... June 30, 2005 | Updated on ... July 30, 2005 | jspippen@duke.edu