Maine Butterfly Survey
Maine Butterfly Distributions by Township
Select the common name to view a distribution map of each species in Maine by township. Explanations of record types follow:
Confirmable Records: These are records based on a specimen (voucher) or a photograph. Only records of a species with a photograph that clearly show all the characters required to identify the individual to species were used in this study. Confirmable records include both recent and historical (prior to 1974; see below) material. Photographic records of species that require examination of genitalia or close examination of color patterns of the upper and lower surfaces for proper identification to species were not included in this study (e.g. Papilio glaucus, Phyciodes tharos, and many skippers).
Unconfirmable Records: These are records for which no specimens exist or the location of specimens is not known. Included in this category are the following types of records: Sight Records. This represents an observation of a species by a qualified observer. Only species where field identification to species is clearly possible and where all important field characters were visible to the observer are included. Species that require examination of genitalia or close examination of color patterns of upper and lower surfaces, and or antennae for identification to species were not used as sight records in this study (e.g. Papilio glaucus, Phyciodes tharos, and many skippers). Handled Records. This represents an observation of a species by a qualified observer where the specimen was collected, examined to properly determine it to species, and then released. Species that require examination of genitalia for determination to species (some Erynnis species) were not included as handled records in this study. Literature Records. These are records published in the literature where the location of the specimens is not known. Correspondence Records. These are records based on correspondence, such as letters to the Lepidopterists Society Zone Coordinators giving data for inclusion in the Season Field Summary (often only a fraction of the data included in many correspondences is actually published in the field summaries).
Historical Records: These include both confirmable and unconfirmable records of species occurrences prior to 1974. This is the date of the most recent and comprehensive annotated checklist of the butterflies of Maine by Brower (1974). As defined, all records that are over 30 years old are thus considered historical.
Recent Records: These include all records (confirmable or unconfirmable) of species occurrences from 1974 to 2004..
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Scientific Name
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Subspecies |
Common Name |
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Family
Hesperiidae |
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Skippers |
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Epargyreus clarus
(Cramer) |
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Thorybes pylades (Scudder) |
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Thorybes
bathyllus (J. E. Smith) |
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Erynnis icelus (Scudder
& Burgess) |
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Erynnis brizo (Boisduval
& LeConte) |
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Erynnis juvenalis
(Fabricius) |
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Erynnis persius (Scudder) |
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Pholisora
catullus (Fabricius) |
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Carterocephalus
palaemon (Pallas) |
mandon
(W. H. Edwards) |
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Ancyloxypha
numitor (Fabricius) |
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Thymelicus
lineola (Ochsenheimer) |
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Hesperia comma
(Linnaeus) |
laurentina (Lyman) |
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Hesperia
leonardus Harris |
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Hesperia metea Scudder |
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Hesperia sassacus
Harris |
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Polites peckius (W.
Kirby) |
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Polites
themistocles (Latreille) |
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Polites origines
(Fabricius) |
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Polites mystic
(W. H. Edwards) |
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Wallengrenia
egeremet (Scudder) |
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Pompeius verna (W. H. Edwards) |
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Anatrytone logan
(W. H. Edwards) |
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Poanes hobomok
(Harris) |
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Poanes viator
(W. H. Edwards) |
zizaniae
(Shapiro) |
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Euphyes bimacula
(Grote & Robinson) |
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Euphyes vestris (Boisduval) |
metacomet
(Harris) |
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Amblyscirtes
hegon (Scudder) |
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Amblyscirtes
vialis (W. H. Edwards) |
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Family
Papilionidae |
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Swallowtails |
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Battus philenor
(Linnaeus) |
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Papilio polyxenes
Fabricius |
asterius (Stoll) |
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Papilio glaucus
Linnaeus |
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Papilio
canadensis Rothschild &
Jordan |
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Papilio troilus
Linnaeus |
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Papilio
cresphontes Cramer |
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Family Pieridae |
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Sulphurs &
Whites |
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Pontia protodice
(Boisduval & LeConte) |
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Pieris rapae
(Linnaeus) |
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Pieris oleracea
Harris |
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Colias philodice
Godart |
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Colias eurytheme
(Boisduval) |
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Colias interior
Scudder |
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Phoebis sennae
(Linnaeus) |
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Phoebis philea
(Linnaeus) |
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Phoebis agarithe
Boisduval |
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Pyrisitia lisa
(Boisduval & LeConte) |
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Family Lycaenidae
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Hairstreaks,
Blues, Coppers, & Harvesters |
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Subfamily
Miletinae |
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Harvesters |
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Feniseca
tarquinius (Fabricius) |
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Subfamily
Lycaeninae |
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Hairstreaks,
Blues, & Coppers |
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Lycaena phlaeas
(Linnaeus) |
hypophlaeas
Boisduval; not americana Harris (See Emmel & Pratt 1998) |
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Lycaena hyllus
(Cramer) |
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Lycaena epixanthe
(Boisduval & LeConte) |
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Lycaena dorcas (W.
Kirby) |
claytoni
Brower |
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Callophrys
hesseli (Rawson & Ziegler) |
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Callophrys
gryneus (Hübner) |
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Callophrys
augustinus (Westwood) |
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Callophrys polios
(Cook & Watson) |
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Callophrys irus
(Godart) |
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Callophrys
henrici (Grote & Robinson) |
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Callophrys
lanoraieensis (Sheppard) |
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Callophrys niphon
(Hübner) |
clarki
(T. N. Freeman) |
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Callophrys
eryphon (Boisduval) |
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Satyrium titus
(Fabricius) |
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Satyrium acadica
(W. H. Edwards) |
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Satyrium
edwardsii (Grote &
Robinson) |
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Satyrium calanus
(Hübner) |
falacer
(Godart) |
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Satyrium liparops
(LeConte) |
strigosum
(Harris) |
