Duke Forest Butterflies

By Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Duke Forest Butterflies Home | Back to Duke Forest Home

These pages show many of the butterflies found in the Duke Forest. Click on the family name to take you to those photos:


Swallowtails | Whites & Sulphurs | Gossamer-wings | Brushfoots | Spread-wing Skippers | Grass Skippers

Brushfoots (Nymphalidae)

American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
Durham Division 9/24/2004
Gulf Fritillary  (Agraulis vanillae) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Variegated Fritillary  (Euptoieta claudia) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Great Spangled Fritillary  (Speyeria cybele) Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Silvery Checkerspot  (Chlosyne nycteis) Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Korstian Division 5/5/2004
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Durham Division 10/3/2004
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) Question Marks (Polygonia interrogationis)
Blackwood Division 5/20/2003
Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Blackwood Division 7/16/2003
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Duke Gardens 10/9/2004
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Durham Division 7/20/2003
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
Duke Gardens 8/16/2003
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Blackwood Division 5/19/2004
Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon) Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon)
Blackwood Division 5/19/2004
Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia) Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia)
Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma) Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
Blackwood Division 4/15/2004
Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius) Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
Durham Division 4/25/2004
Little Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela) Little Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela)
Durham Division 5/29/2004
Common Wood-Nymph (Megisto cymela) Common Wood-Nymph (Megisto cymela)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Monarch (Danaus plexippus)


Swallowtails | Whites & Sulphurs | Gossamer-wings | Brushfoots | Spread-wing Skippers | Grass Skippers

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Created on ... June 30, 2005 | Updated on ... July 30, 2005 | jspippen@duke.edu

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