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"Butterflies of North America" (1868-1872) by W. H. Edwards from the American Entymological Society; second series (1884), third series (1897) Holland, W. J. (1915). The butterfly guide : A pocket manual for the ready identification of the commoner species found in the United States and Canada, United States: Doubleday, Page & Company
Silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus Long-tailed skipper, Urbanus proteus Golden banded-skipper, Autochton cellus Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis. Beautiful beamer, Phocides belus; Mercurial skipper, Proteides mercurius; Mangrove skipper, Phocides pigmalion; Guava skipper, Phocides polybius; Teal beamer, Phocides urania
Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001) Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001) James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
Butterflies of North America — butterfly species of Lepidoptera native to North America. The main article for this category is List of butterflies of North America . Contents
Lists of butterflies and moths of the United States (22 P) Pages in category "Lists of butterflies of North America" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Swallowtails are the largest butterflies. They range in size from 2.5–6.4 inches (6.5–16.5 cm). There are about 600 species worldwide with about 31 species in North America. All swallowtails have tails on their hindwings (except the parnassians). Their flight is slow and gliding but, when disturbed, their flight can be quite strong and rapid.
The oldest American butterfly is the Late Eocene Prodryas persephone from the Florissant Fossil Beds, ... Butterfly families Family Common name Characteristics
Lange's Mormon metalmark, Apodemia mormo langei Palmer's metalmark, Apodemia palmeri Little metalmark, Calephelis virginiensis Northern metalmark, Calephelis borealis Fatal metalmark, Calephelis nemesis