Red Admiral

The first Red Admiral Butterfly I have seen this season. A medium-sized butterfly, these spring migrants move northward during April and then migrate southward again sometime during the months of September and October.

Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades) SKIPPER

White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)

Peck's (Polites peckius) SKIPPER

Tawny-edged (Polites themistocles) SKIPPER

Dun (Euphyes vestris) SKIPPER

European (Thymelicus lineola) SKIPPER

Arctic (Carterocephalus palaemon) SKIPPER

Long Dash (Polites mystic) - SKIPPER

Satyrs and Pearly-eyes

Little Wood Satyr Megistro cymela

above and below (above photo June 06, 2006)below Northern Pearly-eyes Enodia anthedon

Azures

Spring Azure Celastrina ladon

Milbert's Tortiseshell (Nymphalis milberti)

Blues

Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Greater Fritillaries

Atlantis Fritillary Speyeria atlantis above and below left
Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele above right and below

Aprhodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite above and below

Lesser Fritillaries

Silver-bordered Fritillary (under wing above) Silver-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene (above)
Meadow Fritillary Boloria bellana (above) photo taken Aug. 22 '06

closed wing Meadow Fritillary (below)

Ladies

American Lady Vanessa virginiensis (above)

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (below)

Question Mark and Commas

Green Comma Polygonia faunus (above)
Eastern Comma Polugonia comma (above)

Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis (above)

Browns and Wood-Nymphs

Smokey Eyed Brown S. eurydice fumosa (above)

Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala (below)

Admirals

White Admiral Limenitis arthemis Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Checkerspots and Crescents

Northern Crescent Phyciodes seienis (both pictures above)

Harris Checkerspot Chlosyne harrisii