Brush-footed Butterflies in Pennsylvania

There are approximately 3000 species

of Brush-footed butterflies worldwide. 

Of that amount, only about 150 - 16- reside in

or visit North America.

Of that amount, only 42 species

can be found in Pennsylvania.

This large Nymphalidae family include:

Snouts, Heliconians and Fritillaries,

True Brush-foots, Admirals and Relatives,

Emperors, Satyrs and the Monarch.

(Click on butterfly name for photo and description)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)

Snouts (Subfamily Libytheinae)

American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and Fritillaries (Subfamily Heliconiinae)

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)

Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)

Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)

Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)

True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae)

Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)

Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)

Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)

Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii)

Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton)

Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)

Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)

Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)

Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)

Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)

California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti)

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

Admirals and Relatives (Subfamily Limenitidinae)

Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)

'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Emperors (Subfamily Apaturinae)

Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)

Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

Satyrs (Subfamily Satyrinae)

Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon)

Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice)

Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia)

Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)

Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)

Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)

Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

Monarch (Subfamily Danainae)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

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