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This Compton Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis vau-album, flew into our potting shed but got stuck trying to exit through our closed skylight. If it hadn’t, we might not have been able to get such a great picture because Tortoiseshells are wary of approach and are fast flyers.

Catskill Butterfly Checklist, Page 1

BUTTERFLY CHECKLIST

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK

by Morton S. Adams, 2003

Published by

Olive Natural Heritage Society, Inc.

212 High Point Rd

West Shokan, NY 12494

www.onhs.org

madams@ulster.net (845) 657-7147

This checklist is based upon records published in Butterflies and Skippers of New York State, Arthur M. Shapiro, Search Agriculture, Volume 4, Number 3, 1974; the Butterflies and Moths of North America web site “Butterflies of New York” and collections, photographs and observations by Morton S. Adams, David Lemmon and Francis Groeters. It is intended to aid in observation and solicit additional reports that will lead to a more complete understanding of the region’s butterfly fauna. As an aid to field identification we recommend: Opler, P.A., 1992. Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies, New York: Houghton-Mifflin; Glassberg, J. 1999. Butterflies through Binoculars: The East, New York: Oxford University Press; Brock, J.P and Kaufman, K., 2003. Butterflies of North America, New York: Houghton-Mifflin; and Cech, R. and Tudor, G. Butterflies of the East Coast, Princeton: Princeton University Press.. Please report your findings on species, numbers, locations, and dates seen to the Olive Natural Heritage Society.

Key to Status:

C = common: regularly seen in large numbers;

F = fairly common; usually seen in small numbers;

U = uncommon: only occasionally seen;

R = rare: found only a few times each year;

X = accidental: reported only once or twice, probably a stray;

H = hypothetical; reported but needs additional documentation.

Key to Distribution:

w = widespread: at all elevations;

l = lowlands: normal found only below the mountain woodlands;

h = highlands: normally found only in mountain woodlands.

SWALLOWTAILS - Papilionidae

_____ Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

C(Apr - Jun, Jul - Oct)w

_____ Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

R(May - Jun, Jul - Sep)l

_____ Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (P. glaucus)

C(Mar - Apr, Jun - Sep)l

_____ Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (P. canadensis)

C(May - Jul)l

_____ Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

F(May - Sep)l

WHITES AND SULPHURS - Pieridae

_____ Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)

F(Apr - Jun)l

_____ Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

C(Apr - Nov)l

_____ West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis)

F(Apr - May)l

_____ Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

C(Jun - Nov)l

_____ Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)

C(Apr - Nov)l

_____ Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)

X(Jul - Aug)l

HAIRSTREAKS - Lycaenidae

_____ Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

H(Jul - Aug)l

_____ American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

C(May - Oct)l

_____ Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)

F(Jun - Jul)l

_____ Bog Copper (Lycaena epixanthe)

U(Jun - Aug)l

_____ Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)

F(Jun - Aug)l

_____ Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica)

C(Jun - Aug)l

_____ Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)

C(Jul - Aug)l

_____ Hickory Hairstreak (Satyrium caryaevorum)

F(Jul - Aug)l

_____ Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)

F(Jul - Aug)l

_____ Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius ontario)

R(Jun - Aug)l

_____ Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

C(Apr - Oct)l

_____ Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)

U(Apr - May)l

Checklist, Page 2

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