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Shell Key Preserve Butterfly Species List*

Scientific Name

Common Name

Family

Common Family Name

Great southern white Ascia monuste Pieridae Whites and sulphurs

Barred yellow

Eurema daira Pieridae Whites and sulphurs

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus Lycaenidae Hairstreaks & blues

Eastern pygmy blue

Brephidium isopthalma Lycaenidae Hairstreaks & blues

Zebra

Heliconius charithonia Nymphalidae Brush-footed butterflies

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta Nymphalidae Brush-footed butterflies

Mangrove buckeye

Junonia evarete Nymphalidae Brush-footed butterflies

Monarch

Danaus plexippus Nymphalidae Brush-footed butterflies

Queen

Danaus gilippus Nymphalidae Brush-footed butterflies

Mangrove skipper

Phocides pigmalion Hesperiidae Skippers

Obscure skipper

Panoquina panoquinoides Hesperiidae Skippers

*Scientific nomenclature and English names follow the North American Butterfly Assciation 2001 Checlist and English Names of North American Butterflies, Second Edition.