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Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly) Plebejus melissa samuelis: 1992 [36] New Jersey: European honey bee (state bug) Apis mellifera: 1974 [37] Black swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 2014 [38] New Mexico: Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect) Pepsis grossa: 1989 [39] Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly) Callophrys mcfarlandi: 2003 ...
Along with its wingspan, the Polyommatinae is a small butterfly. [2] There are only 38 total species within the Polyommatinae sub family, with only two being from Europe. [7] Most species of the Polyommatinae are found on the eastern side of the United States. [2] Male Polyommantinae blue butterflies possess a complex system of androconia.
See also: List of butterflies of North America, and lists by Lepidoptera family in: Category:Lepidoptera of North America. Pages in category "Lists of butterflies and moths of the United States" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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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 Mexico.
The Karner blue (Plebejus samuelis) is an endangered species of small blue butterfly found in some Great Lakes states, small areas of New Jersey, the Capital District region of New York, and southern New Hampshire (where it is the official state butterfly) in the United States.
In 2017, the U.S. Geological Service reported that as many as 1.8 billion additional milkweed stems would be needed in North America to restore the monarch butterfly population. It takes about 28. ...
State officials announced a quarantine for six southwest Ohio counties to help contain the box tree moth, an invasive species. The quarantine follows similar measures in New York and Michigan in ...