OF ONTARIO |
I have provided a list of butterfly species that have been sighted and recorded within Ontario. It is possible that I may be missing some, or have included a few species that no longer occur within Ontario. If you can help in making this species list more accurate, it would be greatly appreciated by many. Thank you in advance, for any assistance that you may be able provide me. Please note that the scientific names have been included, as some of the common names tend to differ from region to region.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Pipevine Swallowtail | Battus philenor |
| Zebra Swallowtail | Eurytides marcellus |
| Black Swallowtail | Papilio polyxenes |
| Spicebush Swallowtail | Papilio troilus |
| Giant Swallowtail | Papilio cresphontes |
| Canadian Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio canadenis |
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Papilio glaucus |
| Cabbage White | Pieris rapae |
| Clouded / Orange Sulphur White form | Colias philodice/eurytheme |
| West Virginia White | Pieris virginiensis |
| Mustard White | Pieris napi |
| Olympia Marble | Euchloe olympia |
| Large Marble | Euchloe ausonides |
| Clouded Sulphur | Colias philodice |
| Orange Sulphur (Alfalfa) | Colias eurytheme |
| Pink-edged Sulphur | Colias interior |
| Little Yellow | Eurema lisa |
| Sleepy Orange | Eurema nicippe |
| Little Yellow - White form | Eurema lisa |
| Bronze Copper | Lycaena hyllus |
| American Copper | Lycaena phlaeas |
| Bog Copper | Lycaena expixanthe |
| Purplish Copper | Lycaena helloides |
| Dorcas Copper | Lycaena dorcas |
| Harvester | Feniseca tarquinius |
| White M Hairstreak | Parrhasius m-album |
| Coral Hairstreak | Satyrium titus |
| Banded Hairstreak | Satyrium calanus |
| Edwards' Hairstreak | Satyrium edwardsii |
| Hickory Hairstreak | Satyrium caryaevorum |
| Acadian Hairstreak | Satyrium acadicum |
| Striped Hairstreak | Satyrium liparops |
| Juniper Hairstreak | Callophrys gryneus |
| Early Hairstreak | Erora laeta |
| Henry's Elfin | Callophrys henrici |
| Brown Elfin | Callophrys augustinus |
| Frosted Elfin | Callophrys irus |
| Hoary Elfin | Callophrys polios |
| Eastern Pine Elfin | Callophrys niphon |
| Western Pine Elfin | Callophrys eryphon |
| Bog Elfin | Callophrys lanoraieensis |
| Gray Hairstreak | Strymon melinus |
| Spring Azure | Celastrina ladon |
| Summer Azure | Celastrina ladon neglecta |
| Eastern Tailed-Blue | Everes comyntos |
| Western Tailed-Blue | Everes amyntula |
| Northern Blue | Lycaeides idas |
| Silvery Blue | Glaucopsyche lygdamus |
| Greenish Blue | Plebejus saepiolus |
| Varigated Fritillary | Euptoieta claudia |
| Great Spangled Fritillary | Speyeria cybele |
| Aphrodite Fritillary | Speyeria aphrodite |
| Atlantis Fritillary | Speyeria atlantis |
| Meadow Fritillary | Boloria bellona |
| Silver-bordered Fritillary | Boloria selene |
| Bog Fritillary | Boloria eunomia |
| Artic Fritillary | Boloria chariclea |
| Freija Fritillary | Boloria freija |
| Frigga Fritillary | Boloria frigga |
| Silvery Checkerspot | Chlosyme nycteis |
| Harris' Checkerspot | Chlosyme harrisii |
| Baltimore Checkerspot | Euphydryas phaeton |
| Pearl Crescent | Phyciodes tharos |
| Northern Crescent | Phyciodes selenis |
| Tawny Crescent | Phyciodes batesii |
| Question Mark | Polygonia interrogationis |
| Eastern Comma | Polygonia comma |
| Green Comma | Polygonia faunus |
| Gray Comma | Polygonia progne |
| Satyr Comma | Polygonia satyrus |
| Hoary Comma | Polygonia gracilis |
| Mourning Cloak | Nymphalis antiopa |
| Compton Tortoiseshell | Nymphalis vau-album |
| Milbert's Tortoiseshell | Nymphalis milberti |
| American Lady | Vanessa virginiensis |
| Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui |
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta |
| American Snout | Libytheana carinenta |
| Common Buckeye | Junonia coenia |
| Red-spotted Purple | Limenitis arthemis astyanax |
| White Admiral | Limenitis arthemis arthemis |
| Viceroy | Limenitis archippus |
| Hackberry Emperor | Asterocampa celtis |
| Tawny Emperor | Asterocampa clyton |
| Common Wood-Nymph | Cercyonis pegala |
| Appalachian Brown | Satyrodes appalachia |
| Eyed Brown | Satyrodes eurydice |
| Northern Pearly-eye | Enodia anthedon |
| Little Wood-Satyr | Megisto cymela |
| Common Ringlet | Coenonympha tullia |
| Chryxus Arctic | Oeneis chryxus |
| Red-disked Alpine | Erebia discoidalis |
| Macourn's Arctic | Oeneis polixenes |
| Jutta Arctic | Oeneis jutta |
| Monarch | Danaus plexippus |
| Silver-spotted Skipper | Epargyreus clarus |
| Northern Cloudywing | Thorybes pylades |
| Southern Cloudywing | Thorybes bathyllus |
| Juvenal's Duskywing | Erynnis juvenalis |
| Dreamy Duskywing | Erynnis icelus |
| Sleepy Duskywing | Erynnis brizo |
| Mottled Duskywing | Erynnis martialis |
| Wild Indigo Duskywing | Erynnis baptisiae |
| Columbine Duskywing | Erynnis lucilius |
| Common Sootywing | Pholisora catullus |
| Arctic Skipper | Carterocephalus palaemon |
| European Skipper | Thymelicus lineola |
| Least Skipper | Ancyloxpha numitor |
| Fiery Skipper | Hylephila phyleus |
| Leonard's Skipper | Hesperia leonardus |
| Common Branded Skipper | Hesperia comma |
| Indian Skipper | Hesperia sassacus |
| Peck's Skipper | Polites peckius |
| Long Dash | Polites mystic |
| Crossline Skipper | Polites origenes |
| Tawny-edged Skipper | Polites themistocles |
| Northern Broken-Dash | Wallengrenia egeremet |
| Little Glassywing | Pompeius verna |
| Dun Skipper | Euphyes vestris |
| Delaware Skipper | Anatrytone logan |
| Hobomok Skipper | Poanes hobomok |
| Broad-winged Skipper | Poanes viator |
| Mulberry Wing | Poanes massasoit |
| Dion Skipper | Euphyes dion |
| Black Dash | Euphyes conspicua |
| Two-spotted Skipper | Euphyes bimacila |
| Pepper and Salt Skipper | Amblyscirtes hegon |
| Common Roadside Skipper | Amblyscirtes vialis |
| Dusted Skipper | Atrytonopsis hianna |
This page was created: Sunday, 25 July, 1999
Last Updated: 09:11:25 AM 07/12/00