List of butterflies of Oklahoma



This is a list of all butterflies and skippers found in the state of Oklahoma. Butterflies and skippers are a monophyletic group found in the insect order Lepidoptera. (See the difference between a butterfly and a moth.)

Butterflies
Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Swallowtails
Family: Papilionidae

Swallowtails: Papilioninae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
 * Pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)
 * Zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
 * Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
 * Thoas swallowtail (Papilio thoas)
 * Giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
 * Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
 * Two-tailed swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
 * Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
 * Palamedes swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)

Whites and sulphers
Family: Pieridae

Whites
Subfamily: Pierinae
 * Florida white (Appias drusilla)
 * Becker's white (Pontia beckerii)
 * Spring white (Pontia sisymbrii)
 * Checkered white (Pontia protodice)
 * Cabbage white (Pieris rapae)
 * Large marble (Euchloe ausonides)
 * Olympia marble (Euchloe olympia)
 * Falcate orangetip (Anthocharis midea)

Sulphurs
Subfamily: Coliadinae
 * Clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)
 * Orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
 * Southern dogface (Zerene cesonia)
 * White angled-sulphur (Anteos clorinde)
 * Cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
 * Orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea)
 * Large orange sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
 * Lyside sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
 * Barred yellow (Eurema daira)
 * Mexican yellow (Eurema mexicana)
 * Little yellow (Eurema lisa)
 * Sleepy orange (Eurema nicippe)
 * Dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-wing butterflies
Family: Lycaenidae

Harvester
Subfamily: Miletinae
 * Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

Coppers
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
 * American copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
 * Gray copper (Lycaena dione)
 * Bronze copper (Lycaena hyllus)
 * Purplish copper (Lycaena helloides)

Hairstreaks
Subfamily: Theclinae
 * Great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
 * Soapberry hairstreak (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
 * Coral hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
 * Behr's hairstreak (Satyrium behrii)
 * Edwards' hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
 * Banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
 * Striped hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
 * Southern hairstreak (Fixsenia favonius)
 * Frosted elfin (Callophrys irus)
 * Henry's elfin (Callophrys henrici)
 * Eastern pine elfin (Callophrys niphon)
 * Thicket hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum)
 * Juniper hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
 * White M hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)
 * Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
 * Red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)

Blues
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
 * Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exile)
 * Cassius blue (Leptotes cassius)
 * Marine blue (Leptotes marina)
 * Reakirt's blue (Echinargus isola)
 * Eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
 * Spring azure (Celastrina ladon)
 * Summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)
 * Silvery blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
 * Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa)
 * Lupine blue (Icaricia lupini)

Metalmarks
Family: Riodinidae
 * Little metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis)
 * Northern metalmark (Calephelis borealis)

Brush-footed butterflies
Family: Nymphalidae

Snouts
Subfamily: Libytheinae
 * American snout (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and fritillaries
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
 * Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
 * Zebra heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
 * Variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
 * Diana (Speyeria diana)
 * Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
 * Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
 * Edwards' fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii)

True brush-foots
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
 * Dotted checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
 * Fulvia checkerspot (Thessalia fulvia)
 * Bordered patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
 * Gorgone checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
 * Silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
 * Texan crescent (Phyciodes texana)
 * Graphic crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
 * Phaon crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
 * Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
 * Field crescent (Phyciodes pratensis)
 * Painted crescent (Phyciodes picta)
 * Variable checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
 * Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton)
 * Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
 * Eastern comma (Polygonia comma)
 * Gray comma (Polygonia progne)
 * Mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
 * American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
 * Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
 * West Coast lady (Vanessa annabella)
 * 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)
 * Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
 * Weidemeyer's admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
 * California sister (Adelpha bredowii)
 * Common mestra (Mestra amymone)

Leafwings
Subfamily: Charaxinae
 * Goatweed leafwing (Anaea andria)

Emperors
Subfamily: Apaturinae
 * Hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
 * Tawny emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

Satyrs
Subfamily: Satyrinae
 * Southern pearly eye (Enodia portlandia)
 * Northern pearly eye (Enodia anthedon)
 * Creole pearly eye (Enodia creola)
 * Canyonland satyr (Cyllopsis pertepida)
 * Gemmed satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
 * Carolina satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
 * Georgia satyr (Neonympha areolata)
 * Little wood satyr (Megisto cymela)
 * Red satyr (Megisto rubricata)
 * Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
 * Ridings' satyr (Neominois ridingsii)

Monarchs
Subfamily: Danainae
 * Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
 * Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Skippers
Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae

Spread-wing skippers
Subfamily: Pyrginae
 * Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
 * Long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus)
 * Golden banded-skipper (Autochton cellus)
 * Hoary edge (Achalarus lyciades)
 * Southern cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
 * Northern cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
 * Confusing cloudywing (Thorybes confusis)
 * Outis skipper (Cogia outis)
 * Hayhurst's scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
 * Dreamy duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
 * Sleepy duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
 * Juvenal's duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
 * Rocky Mountain duskywing (Erynnis telemachus)
 * Horace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
 * Mottled duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
 * Zarucco duskywing (Erynnis zarucco)
 * Funereal duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
 * Wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)
 * Common checkered-skipper (Pyrgus communis)
 * Common streaky-skipper (Celotes nessus)
 * Common sootywing (Pholisora catullus)

Grass skippers
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
 * Swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier)
 * Clouded skipper (Lerema accius)
 * Least skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
 * Orange skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacia)
 * Southern skipperling (Copaeodes minima)
 * Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
 * Uncas skipper (Hesperia uncas)
 * Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe)
 * Leonard's skipper (Hesperia leonardus)
 * Cobweb skipper (Hesperia metea)
 * Green skipper (Hesperia viridis)
 * Dotted skipper (Hesperia attalus)
 * Peck's skipper (Polites peckius)
 * Rhesus skipper (Polites rhesus)
 * Carus skipper (Polites carus)
 * Tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles)
 * Crossline skipper (Polites origenes)
 * Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
 * Southern broken-dash (Wallengrenia otho)
 * Northern broken-dash (Wallengrenia egeremet)
 * Little glassywing (Pompeius verna)
 * Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
 * Arogos skipper (Atrytone arogos)
 * Delaware skipper (Anatrytone logan)
 * Byssus skipper (Problema byssus)
 * Hobomok skipper (Poanes hobomok)
 * Zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon)
 * Broad-winged skipper (Poanes viator)
 * Dion skipper (Euphyes dion)
 * Black dash (Euphyes conspicua)
 * Dun skipper (Euphyes vestris)
 * Dusted skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
 * Viereck's skipper (Atrytonopsis vierecki)
 * Bronze roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes aenus)
 * Linda's roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes linda)
 * Oslar's roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari)
 * Lace-winged roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
 * Nysa roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa)
 * Dotted roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes eos)
 * Common roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
 * Bell's roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes belli)
 * Dusky roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes alternata)
 * Eufala skipper (Lerodea eufala)
 * Brazilian skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
 * Ocola skipper (Panoquina ocola)

Giant-skippers
Subfamily: Megathyminae
 * Yucca giant-skipper (Megathymus yuccae)
 * Strecker's giant-skipper (Megathymus streckeri)