Rick's World Butterfly Life List


ABA | World Birds | Butterflies | Dragonflies | Reptiles and Amphibians | Mammals

Total World Butterflies = 53
Total Butterflies Photographed = 35
Total World Good Butterfly Photographs = 17


Current Favorite Butterfly Photo
Ivy Lake Road 019

Swallowtails and Parnassians

Pipevine Swallowtail
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Black Swallowtail
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/21/2010 at Green River SWA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Giant SwallowtailFirst Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
First Good Photograph: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
Best Photograph: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
Spicebush SwallowtailFirst Seen: 7/14/2001 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Zebra SwallowtailFirst Seen: 9/7/2010 at Mermet Lake, IL

Whites and Sulphers

Cabbage White
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/29/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Orange Sulphur/AlfalfaFirst Seen: 7/14/2001 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Little Yellow
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/31/2010 at Mason County, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Cloudless SulphurFirst Seen: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
Clouded SulphurFirst Seen: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL

Coppers and Harvester

American Copper
First Seen: 8/21/2010 at Green River SWA, IL
First Photographed: 8/21/2010 at Green River SWA, IL
No Good Photographs
 

Hairstreaks and Elfins

Banded Hairstreak
First Seen: 7/11/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SRA
First Photographed: 7/11/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SRA
No Good Photographs
 
Gray Hairstreak
First Seen: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
First Photographed: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
No Good Photographs
 

Blues

Eastern Tailed Blue
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/29/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Good Photograph: 8/29/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
Best Photograph: 8/29/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
Spring/Summer AzureFirst Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Northern Blue
First Seen: 8/18/2005 at Lassen NP, CA
First Photographed: 8/18/2005 at Lassen NP, CA
First Good Photograph: 8/18/2005 at Lassen NP, CA
Best Photograph: 8/18/2005 at Lassen NP, CA

Metalmarks

None Seen

Longwings and Fritillaries

Great Spangled Fritillary
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/21/2010 at Hennipen Hopper, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Silvery CheckerspotFirst Seen: 7/12/2003 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Callippe Fritillary
First Seen: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR
First Photographed: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR
First Good Photograph: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR
Best Photograph: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR

Crescents and Checkerspots

Pearl Crescent
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Good Photograph: 7/31/2010 at Mason County, IL
Best Photograph: 7/31/2010 at Mason County, IL

Tropical Brushfoots - Commas, Tortoiseshells, Ladies, Buckeyes, Admirals, Emperors, Milkweeds…

Question Mark
First Seen: 7/14/2001 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 5/2/2009 at Cado Lake SP, TX
First Good Photograph: 5/2/2009 at Cado Lake SP, TX
Best Photograph: 5/2/2009 at Cado Lake SP, TX
Eastern CommaFirst Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Mourning CloakFirst Seen: 7/13/2002 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
American (Painted) LadyFirst Seen: 7/14/2001 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Painted Lady
First Seen: 7/13/2002 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR
First Good Photograph: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR
Best Photograph: 8/21/2005 at Crater Lake NP, OR
Red Admiral
First Seen: 7/14/2001 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 5/1/2010 at Miller Anderson Woods, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Common Buckeye
First Seen: 7/10/2004 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/31/2010 at Mason County, IL
First Good Photograph: 7/31/2010 at Mason County, IL
Best Photograph: 8/21/2010 at Mason County, IL
Red-Spotted Purple
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/25/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Hackberry/Hackberry Emperor
First Seen: 7/13/2002 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/15/2009 at Miller Anderson Woods, IL
First Good Photograph: 8/15/2009 at Miller Anderson Woods, IL
Best Photograph: 8/15/2009 at Miller Anderson Woods, IL
Monarch
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
California Sister
First Seen: 5/7/2006 at Ft Huachucha, AZ
First Photographed: 5/7/2006 at Ft Huachucha, AZ
First Good Photograph: 5/7/2006 at Ft Huachucha, AZ
Best Photograph: 5/7/2006 at Ft Huachucha, AZ
Viceroy
First Seen: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Photographed: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Tawny Emperor
First Seen: 9/5/2010 at Horseshoe Lake, IL
First Photographed: 9/5/2010 at Horseshoe Lake, IL
First Good Photograph: 9/5/2010 at Horseshoe Lake, IL
Best Photograph: 9/5/2010 at Horseshoe Lake, IL
Lorquin's Admiral
First Seen: 8/26/2005 at Yosemite NP, CA
First Photographed: 8/26/2005 at Yosemite NP, CA
No Good Photographs
 

Satyrs - Wood-Nymphs, Pearly-Eyes, Alpines, Arctics…

Little Wood Satyr
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Common Wood NymphFirst Seen: 7/12/2003 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Northern Pearly-Eye
First Seen: 8/29/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Photographed: 8/29/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Gemmed Satyr
First Seen: 9/4/2010 at Garden of the Gods, IL
First Photographed: 9/4/2010 at Garden of the Gods, IL
No Good Photographs
 

Spead-wing Skippers - Large, Cloudywings, Tropical, Longtails, Duskywings, Checkered…

Least Skipper
First Seen: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Photographed: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Silver-Spotted Skipper
First Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 8/21/2010 at Hennipen Hopper, IL
First Good Photograph: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
Best Photograph: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
Northern Cloudywing
First Seen: 7/12/2003 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
First Photographed: 7/11/2009 at Kickapoo Creek SRA
First Good Photograph: 5/2/2010 at Kickapoo River, WI
Best Photograph: 5/2/2010 at Kickapoo River, WI
Common Checkered SkipperFirst Seen: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL

Grass Skippers - Skipperlings, Hesperia, Polites, Well-marked, Wetland, Orange, Dusted, Roadside, Panoquins

Peck's SkipperFirst Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Crossline SkipperFirst Seen: 7/12/2003 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Delaware SkipperFirst Seen: 7/15/2000 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Dun Skipper
First Seen: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
First Photographed: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
First Good Photograph: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
Best Photograph: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
Dion SkipperFirst Seen: 7/13/2002 at Singing Woods Territory (4th Count), IL
Wild Indigo Duskywing
First Seen: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Photographed: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
First Good Photograph: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
Best Photograph: 7/10/2010 at Kickapoo Creek SNA, IL
Zabulon Skipper
First Seen: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
First Photographed: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
First Good Photograph: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
Best Photograph: 7/11/2010 at Ivy Lake Road, IL
Fiery Skipper
First Seen: 8/28/2010 at Cooper Park, East Peoria, IL
First Photographed: 8/28/2010 at Cooper Park, East Peoria, IL
First Good Photograph: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
Best Photograph: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
Long Dash Skipper
First Seen: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
First Photographed: 9/4/2010 at Barkhausen NWR, IL
No Good Photographs
 
Deleware SkipperFirst Seen: 9/5/2010 at Crab Orchard NWR, IL

Giant Skippers

None Seen