Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Southwest Region
Lotus Pond

Lepidoptera

Lepido, scale; ptera, wing: Butterflies, Skippers and Moths

Species currently collected and/or otherwise identified are under the following categories:

Order: Lepidoptera

Butterflies
Family: Papilionidae Swallowtails
Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
  Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes)
  Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus)
  Spicebrush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
  Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Family: Pieridae Whites, Yellows and Sulphurs
    Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Tiger Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
Olympia Marblewing (Euchloe olympia)
Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Alfalfa Butterfly/Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
Dog Face (Colias cesonia)
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Orange-Barred Sulphus (Phoebis philea)
    Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
    Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
    Wolf-Face Sulphur (Eurema mexicana)
    Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
  Family: Lycaenidae Gossamer Wings
Painted Lady
Painted Lady

Coral Hairstreak (Harkenclenus titus)
Cedar Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
Soapberry Hairstreak (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
Purplish Copper (Epidemia helloides)
Olive Hairstreak (Mitoura gryneus)
Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
  Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola)
Spring Azure
Spring Azure
Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas)
Striped (Marine) Blue (Leptotes marina)
Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis)
Orange-Margined Blue (Plebejus melissa)
Mexican Blue (Hemiargus isola)
  Family: Nymphalidae Brush-footed Butterflies
Question Mark
Question Mark
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Meadow Fritillary (Clossiana bellona)
Gorgone Crescentspot (Charidryas gorgone)
Silvery Crescentspot (Charidryas nycteis)
Phaon Crescentspot (Phyciodes phaon)
  Pearly Crescentspot (Phyciodes tharos)
Viceroy
Viceroy
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Comma (Polygonia comma)
American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
  Goatweed Butterfly (Anaea andria)
    Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Wood Nymph
Wood Nymph
Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Paintbrush Checkerspot (Chlosyne leanira)
Sunflower Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Great Plains Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
Streamside Checkerspot (Chlosyne nyctesis)
  Family: Satyridae

Satyrs or Browns

    Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
    Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)
    Red Satyr (Megisto rubricata)
  Family: Danaidae Milkweed Butterflies
    Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
    Queen (Danaus gilipplus)
  Family: Libytheidae Snout Butterflies
   

Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carineuta)

Skippers
Family: Hesperiidae True Skippers
  
     Least Skipperling
Least Skipperling
Yucca Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)
Least Skipperling (Ancyloxypha numitor)
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantica)
  Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
White-vein Skipper (Hesperia uncas)
Ottoe Skipper (Hesperia ottoe)
Black-dust Skipper (Hesperia viridis)
Dotted Skipper (Hesperia attalus)
Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)
    Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)
Tawny-edged Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Cross-Line Skipper (Polites origenes)
Red Broken Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
Delaware Skipper (Atrytone delaware)
Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos)
Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis campestris)
    Mottled Little Skipper (Amblyscrites nysa)
Funereal Duskywing
Funereal Dusky Wing
Black Little Skipper (Amblyscrites vialis)
Bell's Skipper (Amblyscrites belli)
Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
Mottled Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa)
Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
    Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
Checkered Skipper
Checkered Skipper
Scalloped Sooty Wing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
Mottled Dusky Wing (Erynnis martialis)
Funereal Dusky Wing (Erynnis funerallis)
Streamlined Dusky Wing (Erynnis zarucco)
Indigo Dusky Wing (Erynnis baptisiae)
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
    Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
    Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
    Long-winged Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
Moths (with NACL #s)
  Family: Sesiidae Clear-winged Moths
   
28 Glorious Squashvine Borer (Melitta gloriosa)
Family: Psychidae Bagworm Moths
   
457 Evergreen Bagworm Moth (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
Family: Limacodidae Slug Moths
   
4699 Parasa indetermina
Family: Pyralidae Pyralid Moths
   
5159 Grape Leafflower Moth (Desmia funeralis)
   
5464 Pyralid Moth (Urola nivalis)
Family: Geometridae Inchworm or Geometer Moths
Squashvine Borer
  Squashvine Borer
6271 Melilla xanthometata
6362 Curve-lined Angle (Digrammia continuata)
6374 Digrammia Moth (Digrammia delectata)
6405 Hollow-spotted Angle Moth (Digrammia gnophosaria)
6414 Digrammia s-signata
6420 Narraga georgiana
6486 Tornos scolopacinarius
Polyphemus Moth
Polyphemus Moth
6590 Avitrinella pampinaria
6652 Whooly Gray Moth (Lycia ypsilon)
6926 Sagebrush Girdle (Plataea trilinearia)
6974 Juniper Geometer (Patalene olyzonaria)
7094 Drab brown wave moth (Lobocleta ossularia)
7146 Chickweed Geometer (Haematopis grataria)
7147 Timandra amatuaria
7162 Angled Wave (Scopula ancellata)
7520 Satyr Pug (Eupithecia satyrata)
  Family: Saturniidae Giant Silkworm Moths
 
7757 Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)
Family: Sphingidae Sphinx Moths
   
7771 Pink-spotted Hawk Moth (Agrius cingulatus)
Twin Spotted Sphinx
Twin Spotted Sphinx
7775 Carolina Sphinx (Manduca sexta)
7776 Five-Spotted Hawk Moth (Manduca quinquemaculata)
7786 Elm Sphinx (Ceratomia amyntor)
7790 Hagen's Sphinx (Ceratomia hageni)
7821 Twin-spotted Sphinx (Smerinthus jamaicensis)
7827 Walnut Sphinx (Laothoe juglandis)
7828 Modest Sphinx (Pachysphinx modesta)
7837 Obscure Sphinx (Erinnyes obscura)
Proud Sphinx
Proud Sphinx
7853 Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)
7855 Bumblebee Moth / Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)
7861 Achemon Sphinx (Eumorpha achemon)
7874 Proud Sphinx (Proserpinus gaurae)
7885 Hog Sphinx (Darapsa myron)
7894 White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)
Family: Notodontidae Prominents
Black-spotted Prominent
Black-spotted Prominent
7929 Double-toothed Prominent (Nerice bidentata)
7931 Common Gluphisia Moth (Gluphisia septentrionalis)
7937 Gray Furcula (Furcula cinerea)
7942 Black-Etched Prominent (Cerura scitiscripta)
7957 Black-spotted Prominent (Dasylophia anguina)
7969 Litodonta contrasta
Family: Lasiocampidae Tent Caterpillars
   
7698 Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)
   
7701 Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americana)
Family: Arctiidae Tiger, Lichen and Wasp Moths
Painted Lichen Moth
Painted Lichen Moth
8066 Thin-Lined Lichen Moth (Cisthene tenuifascia)
8089 Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata)
8090 Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)
8121 Orange Holomelina (Holomelina aurantiaca)
8122 Ruddy Holomelina (Holomelina rubicundaria)
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
8129 Isabelle Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)
8141 Red-tailed Specter (Euerythra phasma)
8169 Harnessed Moth (Apantesis phalerata)
8194 Phyllira Tiger Moth (Grammia phyllira)
8196 Parthenice Tiger Moth (Grammia parthenice)
8267 Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)
Family: Noctuidae Noctuid Moths
   
8334 Glossy Black Idia Moth (Idia lubricalis)
Short Lined Chocolate Moth
Short Lined Chocolate
8366 Smoky Tetanolita Moth (Tetanolita mynesalis)
8370 Bent-winged Owlet (Bleptina caradrinalis)
8441 Flowing Line Bomolocha (Bomolocha manalis)
8465 Green Cloverworm Moth (Plathypena scabra)
8466 Alfalfa Looper Moth (Tathorhynchus exsiccatus)
8534 Moonseed Moth (Plusiodonta compressipalpis)
8588 Brown Panopoda (Panopoda carneicosta)
   
8607 Merry Melipotis (Melipotis jucunda)
  Celery Looper
Celery Looper
8615 Bulia similaris
8679 Matigramma pulverilinea
8739 Forage Looper (Caenurgina erechtea)
8764 Short Lined Chocolate (Argyrostrotis anilis)
8887 Cabbage Looper (Trichoplusia ni)
8924 Celery Looper (Anagrapha falcifera)
8955 Dark Marathyssa (Marathyssa inficita)
   
8962 Barrens Paectes Moth (Paectes abrostolella)
Plagiomimicus pityochromus
Plagiomimicus pityochromus
9053 Pink-barred Lithacodia (Lithacodia carneola)
9089 Prairie Bird Dropping Moth (Tarachidia binocula)
9090 Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth (Tarachidia candefacta)
9095 Small Bird Dropping Moth (Tarachidia erastrioides)
9098 Tarachidia phecolisca
9136 Exposed Bird Dropping Moth (Acontia aprica)
9139 Acontia knowltoni
   
9192 Raphia abrupta
Pearly Wood Nymph
  Pearly Wood Nymph
9209 Radcliffe's Dagger Moth (Acronicta radcliffei)
9225 Delightful Dagger Moth (Acronicta vinnula)
9266 Streaked Dagger (Acronicta lithospila)
9280 Cattail Caterpillar (Simyra henrici)
9299 Pearly Wood-nymph (Eudryas unio)
9647 Miranda Moth (Proxenus miranda)
9665 Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
   
9666 Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Yellow Sunflower Moth
Yellow Sunflower Moth
9669 Yellow-striped Armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli)
9681 Festive Midget Moth (Elaphria festivoides)
9688 Wedgling Moth (Galgula partita)
9689 Red Groundling (Perigea xanthoides)
9690 White-dotted Groundling (Condica videns)
9725 Obtuse Yellow Moth (Stiriodes obtusa)
   
9748 Plagiomimicus spumosum
Army Cutworm
Army Cutworm
9754 Plagiomimicus pityochromus
9781 Gold Moth (Basilodes pepita)
9785 Yellow Sunflower Moth (Stiria rugifrons)
9960 Battered Sallow Moth (Sunira verberata)
10033 Fine-lined Sallow Moth (Catabena lineolata)
10065 Broad-lined Sallow Moth (Homohadena infixa)
   
10223 Nutmeg Moth (Discestra trifolii)
Green Cutworm
Green Cutworm
10393 Lacinipolia teligera
10414 Implicit Arches Moth (Lacinipolia implicata)
10431 Wheathead Armyworm Moth (Faronta diffusa)
10438 True Armyworm Moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta)
10532.2 Homorthodes lindseyi
10651 Venerable Dart Moth (Agrotis venerabilis)
   
10661 Agrotis malefida
   Schinia Mortua
Schinia Mortua
10664 Granulate Cutworm (Feltia subterranea)
10670 Dingy Cutworm (Feltia jaculifera)
10731 Army Cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris)
10831 Euxoa niveilinea
10869 Dichagyris grotei
10911 Green Cutworm (Anicla infecta)
   
10914 Hemieuxoa rudens
Bleeding Flower Moth
Bleeding Flower Moth
11068 Corn Earworm (Helicoverpa zea)
11070 Subflexus Straw Moth (Heliothis subflexus)
11110 Northern Flower Moth (Schinia septentrionalis)
11115 Aluring Schinia Moth (Schinia siren)
11117 Lynx Flower Moth (Schinia lynx)
11124 Schinia errans
   
11131 Schinia mortua
Schinia Tertia
 Schinia Tertia
11135 Ragweed Flower Moth (Schinia rivulosa)
11140 Brown Flower Moth (Schinia saturata)
11168 Clouded Crimson Moth (Schinia gaurae)
11173 Bleeding Flower Moth (Schinia sanguinea)
11177 Goldenrod Flower Moth (Schinia nundina)
11179 Schinia tertia
   
11192 Flower Moth (Schinia cumatilis)
   
11193 Hulst's Flower Moth (Schinia hulstia)
   
11199 Chysella Flower Moth (Schinia chrysella)
   
11204 Schinia citrinella

Last updated: July 19, 2007

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