Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network


Beginner Gallery (132 pictures)

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Swallowtails (family Papilionidae)

Black Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
(Papilio polyxenes)
 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
(Papilio glaucus)
 Giant Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
(Papilio cresphontes)

Whites and Sulphurs (family Pieridae)

Cabbage White
Cabbage White
(Pieris rapae)
 Clouded Sulphur-Orange Sulphur
Clouded Sulphur-Orange Sulphur
(Colias philodice-Colias eurytheme)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (family Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tailed Blue
Eastern Tailed Blue
(Everes comyntas)
 Spring Azure
Spring Azure
(Celastrina ladon)

Brushfooted Butterflies (family Nymphalidae)

American Lady
American Lady
(Vanessa virginiensis)
 Painted Lady
Painted Lady
(Vanessa cardui)
 Buckeye
Buckeye
(Junonia coenia)
 Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
(Speyeria cybele)
Mourning Cloak
Mourning Cloak
(Nymphalis antiopa)
 Eastern Comma
Eastern Comma
(Polygonia comma)
 Question Mark
Question Mark
(Polygonia interrogationis)
 Pearl Crescent
Pearl Crescent
(Phyciodes tharos)
Red Admiral
Red Admiral
(Vanessa atalanta)
 Red Spotted Purple
Red Spotted Purple
(Limenitis arthemis)
 Viceroy
Viceroy
(Limenitis archippus)

Satyrs (subfamily Satyrinae)

Common Wood Nymph
Common Wood Nymph
(Cercyonis pegala)
 Little Wood Satyr
Little Wood Satyr
(Megisto cymela)

Milkweed butterflies (subfamily Danainae)

Monarch
Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)

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