Butterfly & Moth List



A list of butterflies and moths (adults and larvae) seen in the garden.

Hawkmoths (Sphingidae)
Walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis) - larva and adult
Banded sphinx moth (Eumorpha fasciatus fasciatus) - adult
Snowberry clearwing or Bumblebee hawkmoth (Hemaris diffinis) - larva and adult
Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) - larva
Rustic sphinx (Manduca rustica) - larva
Nessus sphinx moth (Amphion floridensis) - adult
Plebian sphinx (Paratrea plebeja) - larva
White-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) - adult
Pawpaw sphinx (Dolba hyloeus) - adult
Tersa sphinx moth (Xylophanes tersa tersa) - adult

Other Moths
Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva punctella)
Paper wasp mimic (Carmenta armasata)
Eight-spotted forester (Alypia octomaculata)
Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) - adult and larvae

Butterflies
Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
Bordered patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Hackberry emporer (Asterocampa celtis)
Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Zebra heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)

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