Prepared by Dave Nance, Anderson Prairie site manager, Pana, Illinois
Taxonomy According to Klots, 1951
Totals as of July 1, 2006- 56 species, 2 hybrids

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Family Satyridae Pearly Eye Lethe portlandia Little Wood Satyr Euptychia cymela The Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala Family Danaidae Monarch Danaus plexippus Family Nymphalidae Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele Silver Checkerspot Melitaea nycteis Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis Comma Polygonia comma Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Painted Lady Vanessa cardui American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis The Buckeye Precis lavinia Viceroy Limenitis archippus Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax Hybrid Limenitis archippus X arthemis astyanax Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton Hackberry Asterocampa celtis Family Libytheidae Snout Libythiana bachmannii (see photo) Family Lycaenidae White M Hairstreak Strymon m-album Coral Hairstreak Strymon titus (see photo) Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus American Copper Lycaena phlaeas americana Bronze Copper Lycaeana thoe Great Copper Lycaeana xanthoides dione

Eastern Tailed Blue Everes comyntas Spring Azure Lycaenopsis argiolus Family Papilionidae Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus Zebra Swallowtail Papilio marcellus Pipe Vine Swallowtail Papilio philenor Hybrid P. polyxenes asterius X ? Family Pieridae Alfalfa Colias eurytheme Common Sulfur Colias philodice Dog Face Colias (Zerene) cesonia Cloudless Sulfur Phoebis sennae Fairy Yellow Eurema d. daira Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe Little Sulphur Eurema lisa Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole European Cabbage Pieris rapae Checkered White Pieris protodice Superfamily Hesperoidea Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus Southern Cloudy Wing Thorybes bathyllus Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis Common Sooty Wing Pholisora catullus Wild Indigo Dusky Wing Erynnis baptisiae Least Skipper Ancyloxipha numitor Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon Byssus Skipper Problema byssus Delaware Skipper Atrytone logan Dun Skipper Atrytone ruricola Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis