Types of Butterflies in Montana

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• ‘Astyanax’ Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
• Lorquin’s Admiral (Limenitis lorquini)
• Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
• White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)
• Alberta Fritillary (Boloria alberta)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Arctic Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
• Astarte Fritillary (Boloria astarte)
• Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia)
• Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe)
• Coronis Fritillary (Speyeria coronis)
• Edwards’ Fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii)
• Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
• Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga)
• Great Basin Fritillary (Speyeria egleis)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Hydaspe Fritillary (Speyeria hydaspe)
• Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)
• Mormon Fritillary (Speyeria mormonia)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
• Pacific Fritillary (Boloria epithore)
• Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
• Relict Fritillary (Boloria kriemhild)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
• Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
• Edith’s Checkerspot (Euphydryas editha)
• Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchellus)
• Gillette’s Checkerspot (Euphydryas gillettii)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
• Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
• Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
• Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
• Northern Checkerspot (Chlosyne palla)
• Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Rockslide Checkerspot (Chlosyne whitneyi)
• Sagebrush Checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus)
• Satyr Comma (Polygonia satyrus)
• Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
• Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii)
• Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
• West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Lustrous Copper (Lycaena cuprea)
• Ruddy Copper (Lycaena rubidus)
• Gray Copper (Lycaena dione)
• Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)
• Edith’s Copper (Lycaena editha)
• Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
• Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)
• Lilac-bordered Copper (Lycaena nivalis)
• Mariposa Copper (Lycaena mariposa)
• Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)
• Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
• Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
• Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica)
• Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum)
• Olive (Juniper) Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
• Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
• Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios)
• Moss’ Elfin (Callophrys mossii)
• Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
• Western Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis)
• Sheridan’s Green Hairstreak (Callophrys sheridanii)
• Nelson’s Hairstreak (Callophrys nelsoni)
• California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica)
• Sylvan Hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinum)
• Hedgerow Hairstreak (Satyrium saepium)
• Sooty Hairstreak (Satyrium fuliginosum)
• Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
• Echo Azure (Celastrina echo)
• Northern Azure (Celastrina lucia)
• Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Western Tailed-Blue (Cupido amyntula)
• Hops Azure (Celestrina humulus)
• Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus)
• Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
• Western Square-dotted Blue (Euphilotes battoides)
• Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes ancilla)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola)
• Northern Blue (Plebejus idas)
• Melissa Blue (Plebejus melissa)
• Greenish Blue (Icaricia saepiolus)
• Shasta Blue (Icaricia shasta)
• Boisduval’s Blue (Aricia icarioides)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Stella Orangetip (Anthocharis stella)
• Large Marble (Euchloe ausonides)
• Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)
• Desert Marble (Euchloe lotta)
• Northern Marble (Euchloe creusa)
• Pine White (Neophasia menapia)
• Margined White (Pieris marginalis)
• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
• Becker’s White (Pontia beckerii)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Western White (Pontia occidentalis)
• Spring White (Pontia sisymbrii)
• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Pelidne Sulphur (Colias pelidne)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior)
• Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur (Colias alexandra)
• Mead’s Sulphur (Colias meadii)
• Labrador Sulphur (Colias nastes)
• Giant Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Western Sulphur (Colias occidentalis)
• Christina Sulphur (Colias christina)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae)

• Clodius Parnassian (Parnassius clodius)
• Rocky Mountain Parnassian (Parnassius smintheus)
• Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
• Indra Swallowtail (Papilio indra)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)
• Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
• Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Afranius Duskywing (Erynnis afranius)
• Arctic Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
• Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos)
• Assiniboine Skipper (Hesperia assiniboia)
• Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
• Common Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
• Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
• Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes)
• Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)
• Draco Skipper (Polites draco)
• Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
• Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestries)
• Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Garita Skipperling (Oarisma garita)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaureae)
• Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)
• Juba Skipper (Hesperia juba)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
• Leonard’s Skipper (Hesperia leonardus)
• Long Dash (Polites mystic)
• Mohave Sootywing (Hesperopsis libya)
• Nevada Skipper (Hesperia Nevada)
• Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
• Oslar’s Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari)
• Ottoe Skipper (Hesperia ottoe)
• Pacuvius Duskywing (Erynnis pacuvius)
• Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska)
• Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius)
• Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
• Rhesus Skipper (Polites rhesus)
• Saltbush Sootywing (Hesperopsis alpheus)
• Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
• Simius Roadside Skipper (Notamblyscirtes simius)
• Small Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)
• Sonoran Skipper (Polites sonora)
• Strecker’s Giant Skipper (Megathymus streckeri)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites Themistocles)
• Two-banded Checkered-skipper (Pyrgus ruralis)
• Uncas Skipper (Hesperia uncas)
• Western Branded Skipper (Hesperia Colorado)
• Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)