Arkansas Butterflies

The list is linked to my current dot maps of the Arkansas butterfly ranges. Click on the names below for the maps. (See the Arkansas Checklist for more detailed seasonal and occurrence information). Baseline was established with the USGS survey maps with those records (usually confirmed and sometimes historical specimen collections) in BLUE. The rest of the color codes are otherwise as below. All other colors are visual records. These are updated as I receive the information from my field sources.

Records with a central blue dot are prior USGS records that have then been confirmed by our more recent sightings. I am interested in receiving any rare or unusual sightings for further confirmation. I must have an identifiable digital photo to include the record except from my normal sight sources.

Color codes for map circles are:

RED - Herschel Raney and Eric Haley and records from Mt. Magazine

ORANGE - Mel White

GREEN - Norm and Cheryl Lavers

PINK - Lori Spencer

YELLOW - Bob Barber

GRAY - Tom Lewis

BLACK - a three source record from the USGS, the Lavers, Raney/Haley or Mel White

BRIGHT GREEN - from Heritage Commission lists, specimen or visual

PEACH - from Bill Shepherd and/or Lyndal York

PURPLE - from Bo Verser

PALE GREEN - from Dan Scheiman

Purple with turquoise center is Rose Maschek in North Arkansas

turquoise with black center is Kenny and Ladonna Nichols adding records after 2012.

TURQUOISE are from other observers and are visual

Family: Hesperiidae

Silver-spotted Skipper Meske’s Skipper

Long-tailed Skipper Peck’s Skipper

Dorantes Longtail

Golden Banded-Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper

Hoary Edge Crossline Skipper

Southern Cloudywing Whirlabout

Northern Cloudywing Southern Broken-Dash

Confused Cloudywing Northern Broken-Dash

Outis Skipper Little Glassywing

Hayhurst’s Scallopwing Sachem

Sickle-winged Skipper Arogos Skipper

Horace’s Duskywing Delaware Skipper

Sleepy Duskywing Byssus Skipper

Dreamy Duskywing Hobomok Skipper

Mottled Duskywing Zabulon Skipper

Juvenal’s Duskywing Yehl Skipper

Zarucco Duskywing Broad-winged Skipper

Perseus Duskywing Dion Skipper

Funereal Duskywing Dukes’ Skipper

Wild Indigo Duskywing Dun Skipper

Common Checkered-Skipper Dusted Skipper

Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pepper and Salt Skipper

Desert Checkered-Skipper Linda’s Roadside-Skipper

Northern White-Skipper Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Common Sootywing Carolina Roadside-Skipper

Swarthy Skipper Nysa Roadside-Skipper

Clouded Skipper Common Roadside-Skipper

Least Skipper Bell’s Roadside-Skipper

Orange Skipperling Dusky Roadside-Skipper

Southern Skipperling Eufala Skipper

Fiery Skipper Brazilian Skipper

Leonard’s Skipper Ocola Skipper

Cobweb Skipper Yucca Giant-Skipper

Family: Papilionidae

Pipevine Swallowtail Giant Swallowtail

Polydamas Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail Palamedes Swallowtail

Ozark Swallowtail

Family: Pieridae

Florida White Cloudless Sulphur

Checkered White Mexican Yellow

Cabbage White Orange-barred Sulphur

Great Southern White Large Orange Sulphur

Olympia Marble Barred Yellow

Falcate Orangetip Little Yellow

Clouded Sulphur Sleepy Orange

Orange Sulphur Dainty Sulphur

Southern Dogface

Family: Lycaenidae

Harvester Eastern Pine Elfin

American Copper Oak Hairstreak

Bronze Copper White M Hairstreak

Great Purple Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak

Coral Hairstreak Western Pygmy-Blue

Edward’s Hairstreak Cassius Blue

Banded Hairstreak Marine Blue

Hickory Hairstreak Reakirt’s Blue

King’s Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue

Striped Hairstreak Spring Azure

Red-banded Hairstreak Summer Azure

Juniper Hairstreak Appalachian Azure

Frosted Elfin Dusky Azure

Henry’s Elfin Silvery Blue

Family: Riodinidae

Swamp Metalmark Northern Metalmark

Family: Nymphalidae

American Snout Question Mark

Gulf Fritillary Eastern Comma

Julia Gray Comma

Zebra Mourning Cloak

Variegated Fritillary Milbert’s Tortoiseshell

Diana Fritillary Painted Lady

Great Spangled Fritillary American Lady

Regal Fritillary Red Admiral

Gorgone Checkerspot Common Buckeye

Silvery Checkerspot Common Mestra

Phaon Crescent Red-spotted Admiral

Pearl Crescent Viceroy

Baltimore Checkerspot

Family: Apaturidae

Goatweed Leafwing Tawny Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Family: Satyridae

Southern Pearly-eye Carolina Satyr

Northern Pearly-eye Georgia Satyr

Creole Pearly-eye Little Wood-Satyr

Appalachian Brown Common Wood-Nymph

Family: Danaidae