What kind of butterflies are found in a field

Clipper Parthenos sylvia brown. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina male. Golden Birdwing Troides rhadamantus. Clipper Parthenos sylvia blue form. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina female. Common Mime Chilasa clytia. Rice Paper Idea leuconoe. Wood Nymph Ideopsis juventa. Velvet Pink Rose Atrophaneura kotzebuea. Emerald Swallowtail Papilio palinurus. Tailed Jay Graphium agamemnon. Common Mormon Papilio polytes male. Asian Swallowtail Papilio lowi.

Rumanzovia Swallowtail Papilio rumanzovia male. Common Mormon Papilio polytes female. Banded Mormon Papilio hipponous. Rumanzovia Swallowtail Papilio rumanzovia female. Tiger Longwing Heliconius hecale. Silver-Spotted Flambeau Dione juno dorsal. Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae dorsal.

Tarricina Tithorea tarricina. Silver-Spotted Flambeau Dione juno ventral. These large black-and-yellow butterflies are at home in towns and gardens. Black swallowtails are found throughout the eastern two-thirds of North America. Plant a patch of parsley or dill in your garden and there is an excellent chance that you can watch the brilliant green and black-striped caterpillars grow to adulthood — even if your garden is the terrace of a high-rise apartment in a major city!

Males of the two swallowtail species are drawn to the tops of hills, where they wait for females. Cabbage White. Our small white butterflies are almost all cabbage whites, an abundant and widespread species. One of only two non-native butterflies in North America, the cabbage white is now perhaps our most common butterfly. Its caterpillars feed on a wide variety of plants, including mustards and of course, cabbage. Look for black dots on the wings, one for a male and two for a female.

Orange Sulphur. Replace the white of the cabbage butterfly with lemon yellow to orange color and you have the orange sulphur. The sulphurs are medium-sized butterflies whose colors range from white to orange. This species is one of the most abundant in North America, sometimes swarming in vast numbers in alfalfa fields. It is found throughout the United States and most of Canada.

Its close relatives, including the common and widespread, clouded sulphur, are pure yellow above, with no trace of orange. Spring Azure. The brilliant blue of spring azures is a wake-up call for the winter weary butterfly enthusiast.

Azures are one of the first butterflies to emerge in the spring to greet the new season and are found over most of the continent. Some of the 30 other species of blues are difficult to distinguish from this one, but only the tailed blues are likely to be found in your garden. They are darker blue above with fine tails.

Mourning Cloak. The mourning cloak is another large butterfly. It is the only black or very dark brown butterfly with yellow wing edges. How to Know the Butterflies. Brown, Dubuque, Iowa. Howe, W. The Butterflies of North America. Doubleday, New York.

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