Systematic list - part 27: Butterflies and Moths
Little attempt was made to identify lepidoptera in the field but a selection were photographed and identified from the photos after I returned home.
Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
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Giant Swallowtails, Key West Botanical Gardens, 22nd April
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Giant Swallowtail, Tall Cypress, 25th April |
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Great Southern White Ascia monuste
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Great Southern Whites, Eco Pond, Flamingo, 18th April |
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Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
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Dainty Sulphur, Snake Road, 25th April |
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Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea
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Orange-barred Sulphur, Key West Botanical Garden, 22nd April |
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Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside
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Lyside Sulphur, Key West Botanical Garden, 19th April |
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Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius
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Cassius Blue, Corkscrew Swamp, 15th April |
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Zebra Heliconian Heliconius charithonia
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Zebra Haliconians, Corkscrew Swamp, 15th April (left) and Snake Bight Trail, Everglades, 18th April (right) |
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Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
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Gulf Fritillaries, Eco Pond, Flamingo, 18th April
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Gulf Fritillary, Loxahatchee, 26th April (left) and Bailey Tract, 16th April (right)
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Gulf Fritillary, Bahia Honda State Park, 23rd April |
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Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
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Pearl Crescent, Loxahatchee, 26th April |
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White Peacock Anartia jatrophae
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White Peacocks, Pouratis Pond, Everglades, 18th April (left) and Tamiami Trail Loop Road, 14th April (right)
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White Peacock, Bailey Tract, 16th April |
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Viceroy Limenitis archippus
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Viceroy, Tall Cypress, 25th April |
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Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus
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Ruddy Daggerwing, Tall Cypress, 25th April |
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Queen Danaus gilippus
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Queen, Mahogany Hammock approach road, Everglades, 18th April |
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Florida Duskywing Ephyriades brunnea
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Florida Duskywing, Key West Botanical Garden, 19th April |
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Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
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possible Fiery Skipper, Jonathan Dickinson State Park, 26th April - please let me know if you can confirm this one's identification |
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Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius
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Brazilian Skipper, Wakodahatchee, 27th April |
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Ornate Moth Utetheisa ornatrix
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Ornate Moths, Loxahatchee, 26th April |
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Moth sp.
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unidentified moth, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, 22nd April |
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