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BUTTERFLIES OF SKY MEADOWS STATE PARK

a checklist of all butterfly species seen in the park, with seasonal abundance

Sky Meadows State Park’s 1500+ acres offer a variety of habitats for wildlife. Thus, butterfly diversity at the park is high. Warm, sunny days with little wind provide the best conditions for butterfly watching. Close focusing binoculars and a good butterfly field guide are very helpful.

Status codes for the species below:

A = Abundant - Easy to see very large numbers of individuals in appropriate habitat and season.

C = Common - Usually easy to see good numbers of individuals in appropriate habitat and season.

U = Uncommon - Sometimes found in appropriate habitat and season, usually in low numbers.

O = Occasional - Found in appropriate habitat perhaps only a few times/season. Usually found in low numbers.

R = Rare - Small chance of being found, even in appropriate habitat at proper season. Few individuals. May not be present every year.

X = Extirpated. Formerly present, no longer occurs in park.

I = Irregular. Numbers are quite variable from year to year.

FAMILY, Common Name Status, Flight Period Comments

SWALLOWTAILS

__Pipevine Swallowtail O late April - mid Aug.

__Zebra Swallowtail C late March - mid Sept. except rare in March

__Black Swallowtail O - U early May – early Oct. rare after mid-Sept.

__Giant Swallowtail R Aug.

__Eastern Tiger Swallowtail U - A early April - early Oct.

__Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail U - C late April – late June scarce late Apr. and late June

__Spicebush Swallowtail U - A late April - mid Sept.

WHITES AND SULPHURS

__Checkered White R early April - mid Nov.

__West Virginia White X formerly May

__Cabbage White C - A mid March - mid Nov. has been recorded in winter

__Clouded Sulphur C - A early April - late Nov.

__Orange Sulphur U - C early April- late Nov. has been recorded in winter

__Cloudless Sulphur R early June - mid Oct. One record for mid-May. Southern immigrant

__Sleepy Orange U mid April - early Oct.

__Little Yellow R June

GOSSAMER-WINGS

__Harvester R June

__American Copper R early June - mid Oct.

__Banded Hairstreak U early June - early July

__Gray Hairstreak R - O mid April - late Aug.

__Red-banded Hairstreak R late April - late Aug.

__Eastern Tailed-Blue U - C mid April - early Oct.

__Spring Azure U - C late March - early May

__Summer Azure U mid May - mid Oct. The azures can be hard to tell apart.

__Appalachian Azure U mid May - early June

BRUSH-FOOTS

__American Snout R mid-June – early Sept.

__Variegated Fritillary O - U late May - late Nov. most common late summer, autumn

__Great Spangled Fritillary U - C late May – early Oct. rare before June and after Sept.

__Meadow Fritillary O - U early April - late Nov.

__Silvery Checkerspot U - A mid-May – early Oct. except rare May; most common August

__Pearl Crescent O - C late April - early Oct. most common late summer

__Question Mark R - O late March - late Sept. has been recorded in winter

__Eastern Comma R - O late March - early Nov.

__Mourning Cloak R - O late March - late Oct. has been recorded in winter

__American Lady R - O late April - early August least scarce in summer

__Painted Lady R - O late April - late Oct. least scarce in summer

__Red Admiral O - U mid-April - early Oct. has been recorded in winter

__Common Buckeye R - O late May - mid Nov. most common autumn

__Red-spotted (Purple) Admiral U - C mid-June - mid Oct. Records for mid-May. Most common September

__Viceroy O early July - early Sept. very rare after early Sept.

__Hackberry Emperor U - C late May - mid Sept. rare before June

__Tawny Emperor R - C early June - late Aug. irregular year to year

__Northern Pearly-eye U - A early June - late Sept.

__Little Wood Satyr C mid-May – early July except rare mid-May

__Common Wood-Nymph R June

__Monarch R - C early May – early Nov. most common late summer, rare May and Nov.

SKIPPERS

__Silver-spotted Skipper R - C late April – mid-Sept. common summer, less so spring

__Long-tailed Skipper R Aug.

__Southern Cloudywing R June

__Northern Cloudywing R late May – early July rare before June

__Hayhurst’s Scallopwing R July – early Aug.

__Dreamy Duskywing R early May – early June

__Sleepy Duskywing R April

__Juvenal’s Duskywing O late March – May except rare in March

__Horace’s Duskywing R late April - mid Sept.

__Wild Indigo Duskywing R April

__Common Checkered-Skipper R mid May - mid Nov.

__Common Sootywing R late June - late Aug.

__Swarthy Skipper R late June - late August Also one record for mid-May.

__Clouded Skipper R mid-Sept - late Oct. southern immigrant

__Least Skipper C mid May - early Oct.

__Fiery Skipper R late July – early Oct. southern immigrant

__Cobweb Skipper R April

__Indian Skipper R May

__Peck’s Skipper R - C mid May - early Oct. most common summer

__Tawny-edged Skipper R - U early June - late Aug.

__Crossline Skipper R - U June – early Aug.

__Long Dash R June

__Northern Broken-Dash R June

__Little Glassywing O - U early June – mid-Sept.

__Sachem U - C early May - mid Nov. rare through June, increasing

through summer

__Hobomok Skipper R - O mid-May - mid Aug.

__Zabulon Skipper R - C late April – mid-Sept. common Aug., less so earlier

__Dun Skipper R - O early June – mid-Sept.

__Ocola Skipper R early Aug. – early Oct. southern immigrant

Sky Meadows State Park, Delaplane, Virginia. Checklist updated August 2012 by Scott Baron. Data from Scott Baron, Harry Pavulaan, Mary Alexander and Steven Malone.

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