List of butterflies of Oregon



This is a list of butterflies found in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Hesperiidae, skippers

 * Epargyreus clarus, silver-spotted skipper
 * Thorybes pylades, northern cloudywing
 * Thorybes diversus, western cloudywing
 * Thorybes mexicana, Mexican cloudywing
 * Erynnis icelus, dreamy duskywing
 * Erynnis propertius, Propertius duskywing
 * Erynnis pacuvius, Pacuvius duskywing
 * Erynnis afranius, Afranius duskywing
 * Erynnis persius, Persius duskywing
 * Pyrgus ruralis, two-banded checkered-skipper
 * Pyrgus communis, common checkered-skipper
 * Heliopetes ericetorum, northern white-skipper
 * Pholisora catullus, common sootywing
 * Hesperopsis libya, Mohave sootywing
 * Carterocephalus palaemon, arctic skipper
 * Oarisma garita, garita skipperling
 * Hesperia uncas, Uncas skipper
 * Hesperia juba, Juba skipper
 * Hesperia colorado, western branded skipper
 * Hesperia columbia, Columbian skipper
 * Hesperia lindseyi, Lindsey's skipper
 * Hesperia nevada, Nevada skipper
 * Atalopedes campestris, sachem
 * Polites peckius, Peck's skipper
 * Polites sabuleti, sandhill skipper
 * Polites mardon, Mardon skipper
 * Polites themistocles, tawny-edged skipper
 * Polites mystic, long dash
 * Polites sonora, Sonora skipper
 * Ochlodes sylvanoides, woodland skipper
 * Ochlodes agricola, rural skipper
 * Ochlodes yuma, Yuma skipper
 * Euphyes vestris, dun skipper
 * Amblyscirtes vialis, common roadside-skipper

Papilionidae, parnassians and swallowtails

 * Parnassius clodius, Clodius parnassian
 * Parnassius smintheus, Rocky Mountain parnassian
 * Battus philenor, pipevine swallowtail
 * Papilio machaon, Old World swallowtail
 * Papilio machaon oregonius, Oregon swallowtail
 * Papilio zelicaon, anise swallowtail
 * Papilio indra, Indra swallowtail
 * Papilio rutulus, western tiger swallowtail
 * Papilio eurymedon, pale swallowtail
 * Papilio multicaudata, two-tailed swallowtail

Pieridae, whites and sulphurs

 * Anthocharis sara, Pacific orangetip
 * Anthocharis stella, Stella orangetip
 * Anthocharis lanceolata, gray marble
 * Euchloe ausonides, large marble
 * Euchloe lotta, desert marble
 * Euchloe hyantis, California marble
 * Neophasia menapia, pine white
 * Pieris marginalis, margined white
 * Pieris rapae, cabbage white
 * Pontia beckerii, Becker's white
 * Pontia protodice, checkered white
 * Pontia occidentalis, western white
 * Pontia sisymbrii, spring white
 * Colias philodice, clouded sulphur
 * Colias eurytheme, orange sulphur
 * Colias occidentalis, western sulphur
 * Colias alexandra, Queen Alexandra's sulphur
 * Colias pelidne, pelidne sulphur
 * Colias interior, pink-edged sulphur
 * Phoebis sennae, cloudless sulphur
 * Pyrisitia proterpia, tailed orange

Lycaenidae, gossamer-wing butterflies

 * Lycaena arota, tailed copper
 * Lycaena phlaeas, American copper
 * Lycaena cupreus, lustrous copper
 * Lycaena xanthoides, great copper
 * Lycaena editha, Edith's copper
 * Lycaena gorgon, gorgon copper
 * Lycaena rubidus, ruddy copper
 * Lycaena heteronea, blue copper
 * Lycaena helloides, purplish copper
 * Lycaena nivalis, lilac-bordered copper
 * Lycaena mariposa, mariposa copper
 * Euphilotes columbiae, Columbian blue
 * Habrodais grunus, golden hairstreak
 * Atlides halesus, great purple hairstreak
 * Callophrys affinis, western green hairstreak
 * Callophrys sheridanii, Sheridan's green hairstreak
 * Callophrys nelsoni, Nelson's hairstreak
 * Callophrys gryneus, juniper hairstreak
 * Callophrys spinetorum, thicket hairstreak
 * Callophrys johnsoni, Johnson's hairstreak
 * Callophrys augustinus, brown elfin
 * Callophrys mossii, Moss' elfin
 * Callophrys polios, hoary elfin
 * Callophrys eryphon, western pine elfin
 * Satyrium titus, coral hairstreak
 * Satyrium californica, California hairstreak
 * Satyrium sylvinum, sylvan hairstreak
 * Satyrium auretorum, gold-hunter's hairstreak
 * Satyrium tetra, mountain mahogany hairstreak
 * Satyrium saepium, hedgerow hairstreak
 * Satyrium behrii, Behr's hairstreak
 * Satyrium fuliginosum, sooty hairstreak
 * Satyrium semiluna, sagebrush sooty hairstreak
 * Strymon melinus, gray hairstreak
 * Leptotes marina, marine blue
 * Brephidium exilis, western pygmy-blue
 * Cupido comyntas, eastern tailed-blue
 * Cupido amyntula, western tailed-blue
 * Celastrina ladon, spring azure
 * Celastrina echo, echo azure
 * Glaucopsyche piasus, arrowhead blue
 * Glaucopsyche lygdamus, silvery blue
 * Philotiella leona, pumice dotted-blue
 * Euphilotes battoides, western square-dotted blue
 * Euphilotes intermedia, intermediate dotted-blue
 * Euphilotes enoptes, Pacific dotted-blue
 * Euphilotes ancilla, Rocky Mountain dotted-blue
 * Plebejus idas, northern blue
 * Plebejus anna, Anna's blue
 * Plebejus melissa, Melissa blue (includes Karner blue)
 * Icaricia saepiolus, greenish blue
 * Icaricia icarioides, Boisduval's blue
 * Icaricia shasta, Shasta blue
 * Icaricia acmon, Acmon blue
 * Icaricia lupini, lupine blue
 * Agriades podarce, Sierra Nevada blue

Riodinidae, metalmarks

 * Apodemia mormo, Mormon metalmark

Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies

 * Danaus plexippus, monarch
 * Danaus gilippus, queen
 * Euptoieta claudia, variegated fritillary
 * Speyeria cybele, great spangled fritillary
 * Speyeria coronis, Coronis fritillary
 * Speyeria zerene, zerene fritillary
 * Speyeria callippe, callippe fritillary
 * Speyeria egleis, Great Basin fritillary
 * Speyeria hesperis, northwestern fritillary
 * Speyeria hydaspe, Hydaspe fritillary
 * Speyeria mormonia, Mormon fritillary
 * Boloria selene, silver-bordered fritillary
 * Boloria bellona, meadow fritillary
 * Boloria epithore, pacific fritillary
 * Limenitis archippus, viceroy
 * Limenitis lorquini, Lorquin's admiral
 * Limenitis weidemeyerii, Weidemeyer's admiral
 * Adelpha californica, California sister
 * Chlosyne leanira, leanira checkerspot
 * Chlosyne hoffmanni, Hoffmann's checkerspot
 * Chlosyne acastus, sagebrush checkerspot
 * Chlosyne palla, northern checkerspot
 * Phyciodes orseis, California crescent
 * Phyciodes pallida, pale crescent
 * Phyciodes mylitta, Mylitta crescent
 * Phyciodes cocyta, northern crescent
 * Phyciodes pulchella, field crescent
 * Euphydryas gillettii, Gillette's checkerspot
 * Euphydryas editha, Edith's checkerspot
 * Euphydryas chalcedona, Chalcedon checkerspot
 * Euphydryas anicia, Anicia checkerspot
 * Euphydryas colon, colon checkerspot
 * Junonia coenia, common buckeye
 * Polygonia satyrus, satyr comma
 * Polygonia faunus, green comma
 * Polygonia gracilis, hoary comma
 * Polygonia zephyrus, zephyr comma
 * Polygonia progne, gray comma
 * Polygonia oreas, oreas comma
 * Aglais io, European peacock
 * Aglais milberti, Milbert's tortoiseshell
 * Nymphalis vaualbum, Compton tortoiseshell
 * Nymphalis antiopa, mourning cloak
 * Nymphalis californica, California tortoiseshell
 * Vanessa atalanta, red admiral
 * Vanessa cardui, painted lady
 * Vanessa annabella, West Coast lady
 * Vanessa virginiensis, American lady
 * Coenonympha tullia, common ringlet
 * Erebia epipsodea, common alpine
 * Neominois ridingsii, Ridings' satyr
 * Oeneis nevadensis, great arctic
 * Cercyonis pegala, common wood-nymph
 * Cercyonis sthenele, Great Basin wood-nymph
 * Cercyonis oetus, small wood-nymph