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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

 

Great Southern White Ascia monuste

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Great Southern Whites, Eco Pond, Flamingo, 18th April

 

Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole

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Dainty Sulphur, Snake Road, 25th April

 

Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea

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Orange-barred Sulphur, Key West Botanical Garden, 22nd April

 

Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside

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Lyside Sulphur, Key West Botanical Garden, 19th April

 

Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius

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Cassius Blue, Corkscrew Swamp, 15th April

 

Zebra Heliconian Heliconius charithonia

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Zebra Haliconians, Corkscrew Swamp, 15th April (left) and Snake Bight Trail, Everglades, 18th April (right)

 

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

 

Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos

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Pearl Crescent, Loxahatchee, 26th April

 

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

 

Viceroy Limenitis archippus

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Viceroy, Tall Cypress, 25th April

 

Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus

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Ruddy Daggerwing, Tall Cypress, 25th April

 

Queen Danaus gilippus

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Queen, Mahogany Hammock approach road, Everglades, 18th April

 

Florida Duskywing Ephyriades brunnea

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Florida Duskywing, Key West Botanical Garden, 19th April

 

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

 

Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius

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Brazilian Skipper, Wakodahatchee, 27th April

 

Ornate Moth Utetheisa ornatrix

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Ornate Moths, Loxahatchee, 26th April

 

Moth sp.

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unidentified moth, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, 22nd April

 

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