BUTTERFLIES
The states of Alabama and Mississippi are home to over 150 species of butterflies and skippers. It is the goal of these pages to introduce you to the abundance and diversity of the butterfly fauna of Alabama & Mississippi, through photographs of adults, eggs, caterpillars, chrysalids, and host plants. Because of our passion for identification, we also provide as many field markings as possible to aid in identification.
The species known to occur in AL/MS are listed below. The Alabama list is based upon the work of Vitaly Charny and the Alabama Butterfly Atlas; the Mississippi list is taken directly from the BAMONA (Butterflies and Moths of North America) website. If we have photos for a particular species, then there will be a link from its common name to the species page. Each species page will contain photos and a distribution map indicating the counties within Alabama and Mississippi where the butterfly has been documented as occurring. Our preference is to use photographs taken in AL/MS, but occasionally photos will be from outside the two states. As we obtain more photographs, we will add them here.
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Sootywing
Confused Cloudywing
Funereal Duskywing
Golden Banded-Skipper
Dorantes Longtail
Hayhurst's Scallopwing
Hoary Edge
Horace's Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Long-tailed Skipper
Mottled Duskywing
(no photograph available)
Northern Cloudywing
Silver-spotted Skipper
Sleepy Duskywing
Southern Cloudywing
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Zarucco Duskywing
Arogos Skipper
(no photograph available)
Baracoa Skipper
(no photograph available)
Bay Skipper
(no photograph available)
Grass Skippers
Bell's Roadside-Skipper
Berry's Skipper
Brazilian Skipper
Broad-winged Skipper
Byssus Skipper
Carolina Roadside-Skipper
(no photograph available)
Clouded Skipper
Cobweb Skipper
Common Roadside-Skipper
Crossline Skipper
Dion Skipper
Delaware Skipper
Dotted Skipper
(no photograph available)
Duke's Skipper
Dun Skipper
Dusky Roadside-Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Eufala Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper
Least Skipper
Little Glassywing
Northern Broken-Dash
Ocola Skipper
Palatka Skipper
Palmetto Skipper
Pepper and Salt Skipper
Reversed Roadside-Skipper
Sachem
Salt Marsh Skipper
Southern Broken-Dash
Southern Skipperling
Swarthy Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Twin-spot Skipper
Whirlabout
Yehl Skipper
Zabulon Skipper
Yucca Giant-Skipper
Spread-wing Skippers
Skippers
Giant-Skippers
Swallowtails
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Palamedes Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail
Whites and Sulphurs
Whites
Cabbage White
Checkered White
Great Southern White
West Virginia White
Sulphurs
Barred Yellow
Cloudless Sulphur
Dainty Sulphur
Little Yellow
Mexican Yellow
Orange Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Southern Dogface
Gossamer-wing Butterflies
Harvesters
Harvester
Coppers
American Copper
Banded Hairstreak
Brown Elfin
Coral Hairstreak
Edward's Hairstreak
Early Hairstreak
(no photograph available)
Eastern Pine Elfin
Frosted Elfin
Gray Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak
Henry's Elfin
Hessel's Hairstreak
Juniper Hairstreak
King's Hairstreak
Oak Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Striped Hairstreak
White-M Hairstreak
Blues
Appalachian Azure
Ceraunus Blue
Eastern Pygmy-Blue
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Marine Blue
Reakirt's Blue
Silvery Blue
(no photograph available)
Spring Azure
Summer Azure
Metalmarks
Little Metalmark
Swamp Metalmark
(no photograph available)
Brush-footed Butterflies
Snouts
American Snout
Milkweed Butterflies
Monarch
Queen
Zebra Heliconian
Longwings
Admirals
Red-spotted Purple
Viceroy
Hackberry Emperor
Tawny Emperor
Emperors
True Brushfoots
American Lady
Baltimore Checkerspot
Common Buckeye
Diana Fritillary
Eastern Comma
Goatweed Leafwing
Hairstreaks
Gorgone Checkerspot
(no photograph available)
Great Spangled Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary
Mourning Cloak
Malachite
(no photograph available)
Northern Crescent
(no photograph available)
Painted Lady
Pearl Crescent
Phaon Crescent
Question Mark
Red Admiral
Silvery Checkerspot
Texan Crescent
Variegated Fritillary
White Peacock
Appalachian Brown
Carolina Satyr
Common Wood-Nymph
Creole Pearly-Eye
Gemmed Satyr
Georgia Satyr
Intricate Satyr
Little Wood-Satyr
Mitchell's Satyr
Northern Pearly-Eye
Southern Pearly-Eye
Satyrs and Wood-Nymphs
Falcate Orangetip
Bronze Copper
Hobomok Skipper
Dreamy Duskywing
Meske's Skipper
