Butterflly List for Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area

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Butterflies of Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area
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SWALLOWTAILS (PAPILIONIDAE)
Pipevine Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail	x
Black Swallowtail	x
Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	x
Spicebush Swallowtail	x
WHITES AND SULPHURS(PIERIDAE)
Checkered White
Cabbage White	x
Falcate Orangetip	x
Clouded Sulphur	x
Orange Sulphur	x
Cloudless Sulphur	x
Little Yellow	x
Sleepy Orange	x
GOSSAMER-WINGS (LYCAENIDAE)
Harvester
American Copper
Coral Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
Striped Hairstreak
Southern (Oak) Hairstreak
Brown Elfin
Henry’s Elfin
Eastern Pine Elfin
Olive (Juniper) Hairstreak
White “M” Hairstreak	x
Gray Hairstreak	x
Red-banded Hairstreak	x
Eastern Tailed-Blue	x
Azure sp.	x
BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES (NYMPHALIDAE)
American Snout	x
Variegated Fritillary	x
Great Spangled Fritillary	x
Meadow Fritillary	x
Silvery Checkerspot	x
Pearl Crescent	x
Question Mark	x
Eastern Comma	x
Mourning Cloak	x
American Lady	x
Painted Lady	x
Red Admiral	x
Common Buckeye	x