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Baltimore checkerspot, perched, with wings folded

Baltimore Checkerspot

Euphydryas phaeton

Photo of a Black Swallowtail, Male, Wings Spread

Black Swallowtail (Parsnip Swallowtail)

Papilio polyxenes

Several regal fritillaries feeding on butterfly weed

Butterflies and Skippers

More than 700 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of a Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

image of a Clouded Sulphur on a wildflower

Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice

photo of a Cloudless Sulphur nectaring on a thistle

Cloudless Sulphur

Phoebis sennae

Photo of a common wood-nymph butterfly

Common Wood Nymph

Cercyonis pegala

Photo of a dainty sulphur perched on a dried flower, side view

Dainty Sulphur

Nathalis iole

Photo of an eastern tiger swallowtail resting with wings spread open

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Photo of a Giant Swallowtail, Wings Spread

Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

Great Spangled Fritillary, Wings Spread, nectaring on milkweed flowers

Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele

Photo of a little yellow nectaring on a native aster flower

Little Yellow

Pyrisitia lisa (syn. Eurema lisa)

Photo of an Orange Sulphur taking nectar from a flower

Orange Sulphur (Alfalfa Butterfly)

Colias eurytheme

Photo of a silvery checkerspot, Wings Folded

Silvery Checkerspot

Chlosyne nycteis

Photo of a southern dogface taking nectar on a pale purple coneflower

Southern Dogface

Zerene cesonia (formerly Colias cesonia)

Photo of a Spicebush Swallowtail, Male, Wings Spread

Spicebush Swallowtail

Pterourus troilus