Butterfly Species
This annotated species checklist is from the Natural Areas Inventory which is the culmination of a biological inventory conducted by the Club during 1991-1992 in conjunction with several government agencies. This study involved the inventory of evaluation of biophysical attributes of some 92 natural areas within the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.
Silver-spotted Skipper
Northern Cloudywing
Dreamy Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Columbine Duskywing
Common Checkered Skipper
Common Sootywing
Arctic Skipper
Least Skipper
European Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Leonard's Skipper
Indian Skipper
Peck's Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Crossline Skipper
Long Dash
Northern Broken Dash
Little Glassywing
Delaware Skipper
Mulberry Wing
Hobomok Skipper
Broad-winged Skipper
Dion Skipper
Black Dash
Two-spotted Skipper
Dun Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Pipevine Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Checkered White
Mustard White
West Virginia White
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Little Yellow
Harvester
American Copper
Bronze Copper
Bog Copper
Coral Hairstreak
Acadian Hairstreak
Edwards' Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
Hickory Hairstreak
Striped Hairstreak
Eastern Pine Elfin
Gray Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed Blue
Spring Azure
Silvery Blue
American Snout
Variegated Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
Aphrodite Fritillary
Silver-bordered Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot
Pearl Crescent
Northern Crescent
Baltimore
Question Mark
Eastern Comma
Green Comma
Gray Comma
Compton Tortoiseshell
Mourning Cloak
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
American Lady
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
White Admiral
Red-spotted Purple
Viceroy
Northern Pearly Eye
Eyed Brown
Appalachian Brown
Little Wood Satyr
Common Ringlet
Common Wood Nymph
Monarch
Epargyreus clarus
Thorybes pylades
Erynnis icelus
Erynnis juvenalis
Erynnis lucilius
Pyrgus communis
Pholisora catullus
Carterocephalus palaemon
Ancyloxypha numitor
Thymelicus lineola
Hylephila phyleus
Hesperia leonardus
Hesperia sassacus
Polites peckius
Polites themistocles
Polites origenes
Polites mystic
Wallengrenia egeremet
Pompeius verna
Atrytone logan
Poanes massasoit
Poanes hobomok
Poanes viator
Euphyes dion
Euphyes conspicuus
Euphyes bimacula
Euphyes vestris
Panoquina ocola
Battus philenor
Papilio polyxenes
Heraclides cresphontes
Pterourus glaucus
Pterourus troilus
Pontia protodice
Pieris napi
Pieris virginiensis
Pieris rapae
Colias philodice
Colias eurytheme
Eurema lisa
Feniseca tarquinius
Lycaena phlaeas
Hyllolycaena hyllus
Epidemia epixanthe
Harkenclenus titus
Satyrium acadicum
Satyrium edwardsii
Satyrium calanus
Satyrium caryaevorum
Satyrium liparops
Incisalia niphon
Strymon melinus
Everes comyntas
Celastrina argiolus
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Libytheana bachmanii
Euptoieta claudia
Speyeria cybele
Speyeria aphrodite
Fritillary Clossiana selene
Clossiana bellona
Charidryas nycteis
Phyciodes tharos
Phyciodes morpheus
Euphydryas phaeton
Polygonia interrogationis
Polygonia comma
Polygonia faunus
Polygonia progne
Nymphalis vau-album
Nymphalis antiopa
Aglais milberti
Vanessa virginiensis
Vanessa cardui
Vanessa atalanta
Junonia coenia
Basilarchia arthemis arthemis
Basilarchia arthemis astyanax
Basilarchia archippus
Enodia anthedon
Satyrodes eurydice
Satyrodes appalachia
Megisto cymela
Coenonympha tullia
Cercyonis pegala
Danaus plexippus

Buckeye
(Photo: © Glenn Barrett)
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Pipevine Swallowtail
(Photo: Bob Walling)
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of this very rare butterfly

Ocola Skipper
(Photo: Robin McLeod.)
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Dorcas Copper from Triangle Fen in Brantford (rare in the Hamilton area)
(Photo: Ron Hepworth)

Nessus Sphinx Moth and Milkweed Beetle on Butterfly Milkweed
(Photo: Glenn Barrett)
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