Maine Butterfly Survey
Maine Butterfly Species List
Checklist and breeding status of Maine butterflies. Common names are linked to images made available on the internet by the Massachusetts Butterfly Club, Montana State University's Big Sky Institute, BugGuide.net, and Nearctica.com. Species added to the state list during the survey are in bold, red text.
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Scientific Name
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Subspecies |
Common Name |
Residency Status1 |
Conservation Status2 |
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Family Hesperiidae
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Skippers |
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Epargyreus clarus
(Cramer) |
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BR |
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Thorybes pylades
(Scudder) |
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BR |
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Thorybes bathyllus
(J. E. Smith) |
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BR or RS |
SC
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Erynnis icelus
(Scudder & Burgess) |
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BR | ||
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Erynnis brizo
(Boisduval & LeConte) |
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BR |
T |
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Erynnis juvenalis
(Fabricius) |
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BR | ||
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Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes) |
Wild
Indigo
Duskywing |
BR |
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Erynnis persius
(Scudder) |
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EXT |
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Pholisora catullus
(Fabricius) |
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BR or RS | ||
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Carterocephalus
palaemon (Pallas) |
mandon
(W. H. Edwards) |
BR |
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Ancyloxypha numitor
(Fabricius) |
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BR |
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Thymelicus lineola
(Ochsenheimer) |
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BR |
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Hesperia comma
(Linnaeus) |
laurentina (Lyman) |
BR |
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Hesperia leonardus
Harris |
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BR |
SC |
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Hesperia metea
Scudder |
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BR |
SC |
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Hesperia sassacus
Harris |
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BR |
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Polites peckius
(W. Kirby) |
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BR |
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Polites themistocles
(Latreille) |
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BR |
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Polites origines
(Fabricius) |
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BR |
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Polites mystic
(W. H. Edwards) |
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BR |
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Wallengrenia
egeremet (Scudder) |
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BR |
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Pompeius verna (W.
H. Edwards) |
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BR
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Anatrytone logan
(W. H. Edwards) |
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BR |
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Poanes hobomok
(Harris) |
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BR |
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Poanes viator
(W. H. Edwards) |
zizaniae
(Shapiro) |
BR |
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Euphyes bimacula
(Grote & Robinson) |
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BR |
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Euphyes vestris
(Boisduval) |
metacomet
(Harris) |
BR |
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Atryonopsis hianna (Scudder) |
Dusted Skipper |
BR |
SC | |
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Amblyscirtes hegon
(Scudder) |
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BR |
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Amblyscirtes vialis
(W. H. Edwards) |
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BR |
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Family Papilionidae
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Swallowtails |
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Battus philenor
(Linnaeus) |
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RS |
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Papilio polyxenes
Fabricius |
asterius
(Stoll) |
BR |
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Papilio glaucus
Linnaeus |
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RS |
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Papilio canadensis
Rothschild & Jordan |
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BR |
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Papilio troilus
Linnaeus |
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RS or RC |
SC
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Papilio cresphontes
Cramer |
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RS |
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Family Pieridae
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Sulphurs & Whites |
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Pontia protodice
(Boisduval & LeConte) |
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RC |
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Pieris rapae
(Linnaeus) |
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BR |
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Pieris oleracea
Harris |
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BR |
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Colias philodice
Godart |
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BR |
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Colias eurytheme
(Boisduval) |
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BR |
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Colias interior
Scudder |
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BR |
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Phoebis sennae
(Linnaeus) |
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RS |
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Phoebis philea
(Linnaeus) |
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RS |
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Phoebis agarithe
Boisduval |
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RS |
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Pyrisitia lisa
(Boisduval & LeConte) |
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FS |
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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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BR |
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