Kansas State University

Common Name

Latin Name

Konza

Riley

Geary

Pott

Annotations

SKIPPERS

Family Hesperiidae

Silver-spotted Skipper

Epargyreus clarus (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Hoary Edge

Achalarus lyciades (Geyer)

habitat & hosts available

Southern Cloudy Wing

Thorybes bathyllus (J.E. Smith)

x

x

x

x

resident

Northern Cloudy Wing

Thorybes pylades (Scudder)

x

o

x

resident

Confused Cloudy Wing

Thorybes confusis Bell

habitat available

Scalloped Sooty Wing

Staphylus hayhurstii (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

resident

Sickle-winged Skipper

Achlyodes thraso tamenund W. Edwards

o

stray

Sleepy Dusky Wing

Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & LeConte)

x

habitat & host avail.;voucher at FHSU

Juvenal's Dusky Wing

Erynnis juvenalis (Fabricius)

x

o

o

resident

Horace's Dusky Wing

Erynnis horatius (Scudder & Burgess)

x

x

x

x

resident

Mottled Dusky Wing

Erynnis martialis (Scudder)

x

o

resident, host abundant

Funeral Dusky Wing

Erynnis funeralis (Scudder & Burgess)

x

stray, habitat available

Wild Indigo Dusky Wing

Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes)

x

x

x

resident

Checkered Skipper

Pyrgus communis (Grote)

x

x

x

x

resident

Common Sooty Wing

Pholisora catullus (Fabricius)

x

x

x

x

resident

Swarthy Skipper

Nastra Iherminier (Latreille)

o

stray

Least Skipper

Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius)

x

x

x

x

resident

Orange Skipperling

Copaeodes aurantiacus (Hewitson)

x

stray; KSU Oct. 1963

Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus (Drury)

x

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

Uncas Skipper

Hesperia uncas W. Edwards

habitat available

Ottoe Skipper

Hesperia ottoe W. Edwards

x

o

x

resident

Pawnee Skipper

Hesperia pawnee Dodge

habitat available

Green Skipper

Hesperia viridis (W. Edwards)

habitat available

Dotted Skipper

Hesperia attalus (W. Edwards)

habitat available

Peck's Skipper

Polites peckius (Kirby) (=coras)

x

x 

x

resident

Tawny-edged Skipper

Polites themistocles (Latreille)

x

x

x

x

resident

Crossline Skipper

Polites origenes (Fabricius)

x 

x

localized resident

Northern Broken Dash

Wallengrenia egeremet (Scudder)

x

x

habitat available;KSU Jul. 1968

Little Glassywing

Pompeius verna (W. Edwards)

x

localized resident

Sachem

Atalopedes campestris huron (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

Arogos Skipper

Atrytone arogos iowa (Scudder)

x

x

x

resident

Delaware Skipper

Anatrytone logan (W. Edwards)(=delaware)

x

x

x

x

resident

Byssus Skipper

Problema byssus kumskaka (Scudder)

x

resident; late afternoon

flight; secretive

Hobomok Skipper

Poanes hobomok (T. Harris)

x

o

resident

Zabulon Skipper

Poanes zabulon (Boisduval & LeConte)

x

x

x

x

resident

Dion Skipper

Euphyes dion (W. Edwards)

habitat available

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris metacomet (Harris)(=ruricola)

x

x

x

x

resident

Dusted Skipper

Atrytonopsis hianna turneri H.A. Freeman

x

localized resident

Nysa Roadside Skipper

Amblyscirtes nysa W. Edwards

x

x

x

x

resident

Roadside Skipper

Amblyscirtes vialis (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

resident

Eufala Skipper

Lerodea eufala (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

SWALLOWTAILS

Family Papilionidae

Pipe Vine Swallowtail

Battus philenor (Linnaeus)

o

stray

Zebra Swallowtail

Eurytides marcellus (Cramer)

s

o

sight record for Konza;KSU 1939

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll

x

x

x

x

resident

Giant Swallowtail

Heraclides cresphontes (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Tiger Swallowtail

Pterourus glaucus (Linnaeus)

x

x

x

x

resident

Spicebush Swallowtail

Pterourus troilus (Linnaeus)

x

stray; KSU 1982

SULPHURS AND WHITES

Family Pieridae

Checkered White

Pontia protodice (Boisduval & LeConte)

x

x

x

x

immigrants & offspring

Cabbage Butterfly

Artogeia rapae (Linnaeus)

x

x

x

x

resident

Olympia Marble

Euchloe olympia (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

resident

Falcate Orange Tip

Falcapica midea (Huebner)

habitat avail., emergence unpredictible

Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice Godart

x

x

x

x

resident

Alfalfa Butterfly

Colias eurytheme Boisduval

x

x

x

x

resident

Dog Face

Zerene cesonia (Stoll)

x

o

x

immigrants and offspring

Cloudless Sulphur

Phoebis sennae eubule (Linnaeus)

x

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

Mexican Yellow

Eurema mexicanum (Boisduval)

x

stray; KSU 1968

Little Sulphur

Pyrisitia lisa (Boisduval & LeConte)

x

x

x

x

resident

Sleepy Orange

Abaeis nicippe (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Dainty Sulphur

Nathalis iole Boisduval

x

x

x

x

resident

GOSSAMER WINGS

Family Lycaenidae

Harvester

Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius)

nomadic, larva

carnivorous on aphids

American Copper

Lycaena phlaeas americana Harris

o

o

nomadic

Great Copper

Gaeides xanthoides dione (Scudder)

x

x

x

x

resident

Bronze Copper

Hyllolycaena hyllus (Cramer)

x

x

x

resident

Purplish Copper

Epidemia helloides (Boisduval)

habitat available

Coral Hairstreak

Harkenclenus titus (Fabricius)

x

x

resident

Acadian Hairstreak

Satyrium acadicum (W. Edwards)

habitat available

Edwards' Hairstreak

Satyrium edwardsii (Grote & Robinson)

habitat available

Banded Hairstreak

Satyrium calanus falacer (Godart)

x

x

o

resident

Hickory Hairstreak

Satyrium caryaevorum (McDunnough)

x

resident

Striped Hairstreak

Satyrium liparops (LeConte)

o

o

localized resident

Olive Hairstreak

Mitoura grynea (Huebner)

x

x

x

x

resident

Henry's Elfin

Incisalia henrici turneri Clench

x

x

x

x

resident

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus franki Field

x

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

Marine Blue

Leptotes marina (Reakirt)

o

x

stray; KSU 1958

Reakirt's Blue

Hemiargus isola alce (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

host: Shrankia nuttallii

on Konza;

Eastern Tailed Blue

Everes comyntas (Godart)

x

x

x

x

resident

Spring Azure

Celastrina ladon (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Summer Azure

Celastrina neglecta (W. Edwards)

x

split from Spring Azure, Allen 1997

Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Doubleday)

early emergence, short flight period

Melissa Blue

Lycaeides melissa (W. Edwards)

x

x

o

localized resident; voucher RLH

Acmon Blue

Icaricia acmon (Westwood & Hewitson)

isolated populations in Kansas

SNOUT BUTTERFLIES

Family Libytheidae

Snout Butterfly

Libytheana bachmanii (Kirtland)

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

 BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES

Family Nymphalidae

Gulf Fritillary

Agraulis vanilla incarnata (Riley)

o

immigrant

Variegated Fritillary

Euptoieta claudia (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele (Fabricius)

x

x

x

x

resident

Aphrodite Fritillary

Speyeria aphrodite alcestis (W. Edwards)

habitat available

Regal Fritillary

Speyeria idalia (Drury)

x

x

x

x

resident

Bordered Patch

Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix Scudder

o

stray

Gorgone Checkerspot

Charidryas gorgone carlota (Reakirt)

x

x

x

x

resident

Silvery Checkerspot

Charidryas nycteis (Doubleday & Hewitson)

x

x

x

x

resident

Texas Crescent

Anthanassa texana (W. Edwards)

o

stray from south

Vesta Crescent

Phyciodes vesta (W. Edwards)

o

stray from south; KSU, no date

Phaon Crescent

Phyciodes phaon (W. Edwards)

x

x

localized resident; voucher FHSU

Pearl Crescent

Phyciodes tharos (Drury)

x

x

x

x

resident

Question Mark

Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius)

x

x

x

x

resident

Hop Merchant

Polygonia comma (T. Harris)

x

x

x

x

resident

Gray Comma

Polygonia progne (Cramer)

x

x

x

resident; FHSU

Mourning Cloak

Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus)

s

o

x

x

resident

American Painted Lady

Vanessa virginiensis (Drury)

x

x

x

x

resident

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)

x

x

x

x

immigrants and offspring

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Buckeye

Junonia coenia Huebner

x

x

x

x

resident

Red-spotted Purple

Basilarchia arthemis astyanax (Fabricius)

s

x

x

x

resident

Viceroy

Basilarchia archippus (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

EMPERORS

Family Apaturidae

Goatweed Butterfly

Anaea andria Scudder

x

x

x

x

resident

Hackberry Butterfly

Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & LeConte)

x

x

x

x

resident

Tawny Emperor

Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & LeConte)

x

x

x

x

resident

SATYRS, BROWNS & WOOD NYMPHS

Family Satyridae

Northern Pearly Eye

Enodia anthedon A. H. Clark

x

x

x

resident

Eyed Brown

Satyrodes eurydice (Johansson)

localized resident

Little Wood Satyr

Megisto cymela (Cramer)

x

x

x

x

resident

Common Wood Nymph

Cercyonis pegala texana (W. Edwards)

x

x

x

x

resident

MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES

Family Danaidae

Monarch

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus)

x

x

x

x

immigrants & offspring

Queen

Danaus gilippus strigosus (Bates)

x

o

immigrants and offspring; KSU 1882?