Duke Forest butterflies

   
Duke Forest butterflies >> Photos >> Gossamer-wings

Click on the family names below to to take you to photos of many of the species found in Duke Forest.

• Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
• Whites and sulphurs (Pieridae)
• Gossamer-wings (Lycaenidae)
• Brushfoots (Nymphalidae)
• Spread-wing skippers (Hesperiidae, subfamily Pyrginae)
• Grass skippers (Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae)

HARVESTERS (Subfamily Miletinae)
	Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
HAIRSTREAKS (Subfamily Theclinae)
	Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
	Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
	Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
	Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
	Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
	Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
	Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
BLUES (Subfamily Polyommatinae)
	Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)
	Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
	Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)