Types of Butterflies in Nevada

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• California Sister (Adelpha bredowii)
• Lorquin’s Admiral (Limenitis lorquini)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
• Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
• Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe)
• Carol’s Fritillary (Speyeria carolae)
• Coronis Fritillary (Speyeria coronis)
• Great Basin Fritillary (Speyeria egleis)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Mormon Fritillary (Speyeria mormonia)
• Nokomis Fritillary (Speyeria nokomis)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
• Pacific Fritillary (Boloria epithore)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Queen (Danaus gilippus)
• American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
• California Crescent (Phyciodes orseis)
• California Patch (Chlosyne californica)
• California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
• Dotted Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
• Edith’s Checkerspot (Euphydryas editha)
• Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchellus)
• Fulvia Checkerspot (Thessalia fulvia)
• Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
• Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
• Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis)
• Hoffmann’s Checkerspot (Chlosyne hoffmanni)
• Leanira Checkerspot (Thessalia leanira)
• 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)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Sagebrush Checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus)
• Satyr Comma (Polygonia satyrus)
• Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii)
• Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana)
• Tropical Buckeye (Junonia genoveva)
• Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
• West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
• Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
• Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
• Great Basin Wood Nymph (Cercyonis sthenele)
• Small Wood Nymph (Cercyonis oetus)
• Ridings’ Satyr (Neominois ridingsii)
• Chryxus Arctic (Oeneis chryxus)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Tailed Copper (Lycaena arota)
• Ruddy Copper (Lycaena rubidus)
• Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea)
• Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)
• Lilac-bordered Copper (Lycaena nivalis)
• Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
• Behr’s Hairstreak (Satyrium behrii)
• California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica)
• Sylvan Hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus)
• Hedgerow Hairstreak (Satyrium saepium)
• Western Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis)
• Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
• Desert Elfin (Callophrys fotis)
• Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
• Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exile)
• Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Hemiargus isola)
• Western Tailed-Blue (Everes amyntula)
• Spring Azure (Celastrina ‘ladon’)
• Bernardino Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes bernardino)
• Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes ancilla)
• Pallid Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes pallescens)
• Spalding’s Dotted-Blue (Euphilotes spaldingi)
• Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus)
• Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
• Melissa Blue (Lycaeides melissa)
• Greenish Blue (Plebeius saepiolus)
• Boisduval’s Blue (Plebeius icarioides)
• Shasta Blue (Plebeius shasta)
• Lupine Blue (Plebeius lupini)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Pine White (Neophasia menapia)
• Becker’s White (Pontia beckerii)
• Spring White (Pontia sisymbrii)
• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• Western White (Pontia occidentalis)
• Margined White (Pieris marginalis)
• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
• Large Marble (Euchloe ausonides)
• Desert Marble (Euchloe lotta)
• Southwestern Orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa)
• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur (Colias alexandra)
• Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

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)
• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Indra Swallowtail (Papilio indra)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)
• Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
• Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
• Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
• Rocky Mountain Duskywing (Erynnis telemachus)
• Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
• Small Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)
• Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
• Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)
• Mohave Sootywing (Hesperopsis libya)
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Uncas Skipper (Hesperia uncas)
• Juba Skipper (Hesperia juba)
• Western Branded Skipper (Hesperia colorado)
• Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska)
• Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)
• Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)
• Yuma Skipper (Ochlodes yuma)
• Yucca Giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)