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Polygonia interrogationis, commonly called the question mark butterfly, is a North American nymphalid butterfly. It lives in wooded areas, city parks, generally in areas with a combination of trees and open space. The color and textured appearance of the underside of its wings combine to provide camouflage that resembles a dead leaf. The adult ...
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) Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002) Pyle, Robert Michael and LaBar, Caitlin C. Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest (2018)
The western tiger swallowtail butterfly is an abundant species native to a large portion of North America’s northernmost and southernmost west coast. These butterflies are frequently observed from northwestern regions of Canada down to the southern tip of Baja California and extends eastward through states like the Dakotas, Colorado, and New ...
The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. This list is sorted by MONA number (sometimes called a Hodges number), a numbering system for North American moths introduced by Ronald W. Hodges , et al. in 1983 in the publication Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of ...
This is a list of butterflies found in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] [2] Hesperiidae, ... Pacific orangetip; ... Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT ...
"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
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.
2018: National Outdoor Book Award, Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest 2014: Life appointment as Honorary Fellow, Royal Entomological Society 2011: Washington State Book Award (finalist) in the biography/memoir category, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year