Butterflies (Papilionoidea)
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Order: Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily: Butterflies (Papilionidea)
Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily: Emperors (Apaturinae)

Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis

Hackberry Emperor
open (June, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Hackberry Emperor
closed (June, St. Charles Co., MO)


Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton

female Tawny Emperor
female (June, St. Charles Co., MO)

Subfamily: Leafwings (Charaxinae)

Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria

male Goatweed Leafwing
male - (October, St. Charles Co., MO)


Subfamily: Longwings (Heliconiinae)

Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia

Variegated Fritillary
(October, St. Charles Co., MO)

Subfamily: True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae)

Common Buckeye Junonia coenia

Common Buckeye
(May, Grayson Co., TX) 		Common Buckeye
(May, Grayson Co., TX) 		Common Buckeye caterpillar
caterpillar (October, St. Charles Co., MO)


Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos

Pearl Crescent
open (September, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Pearl Crescent
closed (September, St. Charles Co., MO)


Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis

Question Mark
open (September, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Question Mark
closed (September, St. Charles Co., MO)


Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Red Admiral
open - (June, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Red Admiral
closed - (June, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Red Admiral
closed - (July, St. Charles Co., MO)

Family: Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenidae)
Subfamily: Blues (Polyommatinae)

Southern Spring Azure Celastrina ladon

female Southern Spring Azure
female (March, St. Charles Co., MO) 		female Southern Spring Azure
female (April, St. Charles Co., MO)


Late Spring Azure Celastrina serotina

Late Spring Azure
closed (May, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Late Spring Azure
open (May, St. Charles Co., MO)


Eastern Tailed Blue Cupido comyntas

female Eastern Tailed Blue
female, closed (June, St. Charles Co., MO) 		female Eastern Tailed Blue
female, open (June, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Eastern Tailed Blue
closed (June, St. Charles Co., MO)
Eastern Tailed Blue
open (June, St. Charles Co., MO)


Reakirt's Blue Echinargus isola

Reakirt's Blue
(May, Grayson Co., TX)

Family: Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Subfamily: Swallowtails (Papilioninae)

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

female Black Swallowtail
female (August, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Black Swallowtail
(October, St. Charles Co., MO)


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar
caterpillar - (September, St. Charles Co., MO)


Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor

male Pipevine Swallowtail
male - (October, St. Charles Co., MO)


Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus

male Spicebush Swallowtail
male - (August, St. Charles Co., MO) 		female Spicebush Swallowtail
female - (August, St. Charles Co., MO)

Family: Skippers (Hesperiidae)

Family: Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
Subfamily: Sulphurs (Coliadinae)

Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice

Clouded Sulphur
(August, St. Charles Co., MO) 		Clouded Sulphur white form
white form (October, St. Charles Co., MO)


Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae

female Cloudless Sulphur
female - (October, St. Charles Co., MO) 		female Cloudless Sulphur
female - (October, St. Charles Co., MO) 		male Cloudless Sulphur
male - (August, St. Charles Co., MO)


Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme

Orange Sulphur
(May, Grayson Co., TX)


Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea

female Orange-barred Sulphur
(October, St. Charles Co., MO)

Subfamily: Whites (Pierinae)

Cabbage White Pieris rapae

female Cabbage White
female - (October, St. Charles Co., MO)


Checkered White Pontia protodice

female Checkered White
female - (May, Grayson Co., TX) 		male Checkered White
male - (May, Grayson Co., TX)