Butterflies of North America

Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

• Orange Sulphur -- (Colias eurytheme)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)

Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae)

• Gray Hairstreak -- (Strymon melinus)

Blues (Subfamily Polyommatinae)

• Western Pygmy-Blue -- (Brephidium exile)
• Marine Blue -- (Leptotes marina)
• Western Tailed-Blue -- (Everes amyntula)
• Acmon Blue -- (Plebeius [Icaricia] acmon)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

• Gabb's Checkerspot -- (Chlosyne gabbii)
• American Lady -- (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Painted Lady -- (Vanessa cardui)
• West Coast Lady -- (Vanessa annabella)
• Red Admiral -- (Vanessa atalanta)
• Common Buckeye -- (Junonia coenia)

Monarchs (Subfamily Danainae)

• Monarch -- (Danaus plexippus)

Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

• White Checkered-Skipper -- (Pyrgus albescens)

Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

• Sandhill Skipper -- (Polites sabuleti)