Butterflies this week instead of the Native Plant of the Week.
The following are butterfly species that I photographed in Minnesota.
What interesting butterfly species have you seen or photographed in your area?
The following are butterfly species that I photographed in Minnesota.
What interesting butterfly species have you seen or photographed in your area?
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ~ Papilio glaucus |
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| Black Swallowtail ~ Papilio polyxenes |
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| Eastern Comma ~ Polygonia comma |
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| Eastern Comma ~ Polygonia comma (left) Question Mark ~ Polygonia interrogationis (right) |
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| American Lady ~ Vanessa virginiensis |
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| Red Admiral ~ Vanessa atalanta |
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| Northern Crescent ~ Phyciodes selenis |
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| Clouded Sulphur ~ Colias philodice |
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| Little Yellow ~ Eurema lisa |
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| Milbert's Tortoiseshell ~ Nymphalis milberti |
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| Mourning Cloak ~ Nymphalis antiopa |
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| White Admiral ~ Limenitis arthemis arthemis |
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| Baltimore Checkerspot ~ Euphydryas phaeton (left) Red Spotted Purple ~ Limenitis arthemis astyanax (right) |
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| Viceroy ~ Limenitis archippus (left) Harvester ~ Feniseca tarquinius (right) |
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| Common Wood Nymph ~ Cercyonis pegala |
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| Hackberry Emperor ~ Asterocampa celtis |
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| Common Ringlet ~ Coenonympha tullia |
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| Spring Azure ~ Celastrina ladon (left) Summer Azure ~ Celastrina ladon neglecta (right) |
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| Northern Pearly-Eye ~ Enodia anthedon |
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| Cabbage White ~ Pieris rapae (left) Wild Indigo Duskywing ~ Erynnis baptisiae (right) |
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| Great Spangled Fritillary ~ Speyeria cybele |
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| Eastern Tailed Blue ~ Everes comyntas |
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| Monarch ~ Danaus plexippus |
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| Silver Spotted Skipper ~ Epargyreus clarus (left) Peck's Skipper ~ Polites peckius (right) |
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| Little Wood-Satyr ~ Megisto cymela (left) Common Buckeye ~ Junonia coenia (right) |
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| Eyed Brown ~ Satyrodes eurydice (left) Silvery Blue ~ Glaucopsyche lygdamus (right) |
(If you see any incorrectly identified be sure to leave a comment.)
