Checklist of New Jersey
Butterflies

Photos by Jim Springer and John K. Walters

Compiled from Butterflies of New Jersey, by Michael Gochfeld and Joanna Burger, 1997, Rutgers University Press

There are over 700 species of butterflies recorded as native to or occurring in North America. In New Jersey, census records show about 150 species known to occur. Here's a checklist of butterflies for the Garden State. How many have you seen?

Swallowtails Black Swallowtail Eastern Yellow Swallowtail Jim Springer Giant Swallowtail Palemides Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Zebra Swallowtail Whites & Sulfurs Cabbage White Jim Springer Checkered White Mustard White West Virginia White Falcate Orange Tip Clouded Sulphur Cloudless Sulphur Large Orange Sulfur Little Yellow Orange Sulfur John Walters Orange-Barred Sulfur Sleepy Orange Dogface Harvesters & Coppers Harvester American Copper Jim Springer Bog Copper Bronze Copper Hairstreaks & Elfins Acadian Hairstreak Banded Hairstreak Coral Hairstreak Early Hairstreak Edwards' Hairstreak Great Purple Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak Hessel's Hairstreak Hickory Hairstreak Northern Hairstreak Olive Hairstreak Red-Banded Hairstreak Jim Springer Striped Hairstreak White M Hairstreak Brown Elfin Eastern Pine Elfin Frosted Elfin Jim Springer Henry's Elfin Hoary Elfin Metalmarks Northern Metalmark Snouts & Brushfoots American Snout Jim Springer Aphrodite Atlantis Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary Jim Springer John Walters Gulf Fritillary Meadow Fritillary Regal Fritillary Silver-bordered Fritillary Variegated Fritillary Baltimore Checkerspot Jim Springer Harris' Checkerspot Silvery Checkerspot Northern Crescent Pearl Crescent Jim Springer Tawny Crescent Question Mark Eastern Comma Green Comma Grey Comma Common Tortoiseshell Milbert's Tortoiseshell American Lady Painted Lady Mourning Cloak Red Admiral White Admiral John Walters Common Buckeye Jim Springer Red Spotted Purple Viceroy

Emperors Hackberry Emperor Tawny Emperor Satyrs and Wood Nymphs Southern Pearly-Eye Northern Pearly-Eye Appalachian Brown Jim Springer Eyed Brown Carolina Satyr Georgia Satyr Mitchell's Satyr Little Wood Satyr Common Ringlet Jim Springer Common Wood Nymph Jim Springer Milkweed Butterflies Monarch John Walters Skippers Aaron's Skipper Appalachian Grizzled Skipper Arctic Skipper Jim Springer Arogos Skipper Brazilian Skipper Broad-winged Skipper Clouded Skipper Cobweb Skipper Common Checkered Skipper Jim Springer Common Roadside Skipper Crossline Skipper Delaware Skipper Dion Skipper Dotted Skipper Dun Skipper Dusted Skipper Eufala Skipper European Skipper Fiery Skipper Golden-Banded Skipper Hobomok Skipper Indian Skipper Least Skipper Leonard's Skipper Long-Tailed Skipper Ocola Skipper Peck's Skipper JJim Springer Pepper and Salt Skipper Salt Marsh Skipper Silver-Spotted Skipper Swarthy Skipper Tawny-Edged Skipper Twin-Spot Skipper Two-Spotted Skipper Zabulon Skipper Jim Springer Confused Cloudywing Northern Cloudywing Southern Cloudywing Hayhurst's Scallopwing Columbine Duskywing Dreamy Duskywing Juvenal's Duskywing Jim Springer Horace's Duskywing Mottled Duskywing Persius Duskywing Sleepy Duskywing Wild Indigo Duskywing Zarucco Duskywing Mulberrywing Common Sootywing Little Glassywing Black Dash Jim Springer Long Dash Northern Broken Dash Hoary Edge Sachem Whirlabout Blues & Azures Acmon Blue Eastern-Tailed Blue Jim Springer Silvery Blue Appalachian Azure Cherry Gall Azure Northern Azure Pine Barren Azure Spring Azure Summer Azure

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