Duke Forest Butterflies

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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

Spread-wing Skippers (Hesperiidae, subfamily Pyrginae)

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Blackwood Division 6/10/2003
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades) Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades)
Korstian Division 5/5/2004
Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus) Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
Blackwood Division 7/16/2003
Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades) Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Blackwood Division 6/18/2003
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo) Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
Eno Division 3/21/2004
Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
Blackwood Division 7/16/2003
Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco) Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis) Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Durham Division 9/19/2004
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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