My wildlife photography over the years has concentrated mainly on birds and more recently dragonflies and damselflies as well as mammals and other critters when circumstances are right. Butterflies and moths have not been my main photographic subjects by any means, but over the years I have managed to get some shots of a number of species. As of the fall season of 2007 I am taking more butterfly images as opportunities present themselves. This page will be the index page where you can look for shots of various different species in my collection. I have very little expertise with butterflies and moths so I will not be making many comments about the behavior and habits of the species I have photographed, but rather just presenting some of the images. There are many excellent web sites to learn about these insects elsewhere. Many knowledgeable persons with far more experience than I have helped me learn more about butterflies as well as identified many of my photos. My sincere appreciation to John & Gloria Tveten, Tony Gallucci, Chris Durden, Ro Wauer, Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton, Nick Grishin, Dan Hardy, Martin Reid, Barry Lyon, Rick Bowers, Paul Opler, Kim Garwood, Barbara Ribble, John Ingram, Eric Isley, and Larry Ditto. Please be patient as I add more species as this will be a slow, ongoing process.

This page last updated 14 July 2008. I will add more soon.

BUTTERFLIES

Skippers (Hesperiidae)
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
White-striped Longtail (Chioides albofasciatus)
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
Tanna Longtail (Urbanus tanna)
Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator)
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)
Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis)
Arizona Powdered-Skipper (Systasea zampa)
Sickle-winged Skipper (Achylodes thraso)
Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes trebius)
Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia)
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Green-backed Ruby-eye (Perichares philetes)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca)
Celia's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes celia)
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)
Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
Ursine Giant-Skipper (Megathymus ursus)

Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Phoebus Parnassian (Parnassius phoebus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
Golden Dartwhite (Casasticta teutila)
Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Tailed Orange (Pyrisitia proterpia)
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise)
Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenidae)
Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
Soapberry Hairstreak (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola)
Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)

Metalmarks (Riodinidae)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Soldier (Danaus eresimus)
Gulf Fritillary (Atlides halesus)
Julia Heliconian (Dryas julia)
Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
Erato Heliconian (Heliconius erato)
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais)
Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Pale-banded Crescent (Phyciodes tulcis)
Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
Red Rim (Biblis hyperia)
Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)
Orange Banner (Anaea eurypyle)
Pointed Leafwing (Anaea eurypyle)
Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)
Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice)
Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
Georgia Satyr (Neonympha areolatus)
Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)
Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
Colorado Alpine (Erebia callias)