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Short-tailed swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda)Battus philenor – pipevine swallowtail; Eurytides marcellus – zebra swallowtail; Papilio polyxenes – black swallowtail; Papilio brevicauda – short-tailed swallowtail
"Butterflies of North America" (1868-1872) by W. H. Edwards from the American Entymological Society; second series (1884), third series (1897) Holland, W. J. (1915). The butterfly guide : A pocket manual for the ready identification of the commoner species found in the United States and Canada, United States: Doubleday, Page & Company
Of the approximately 174,250 lepidopteran species described until 2007, butterflies and skippers are estimated to comprise approximately 17,950, with moths making up the rest. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The vast majority of Lepidoptera are to be found in the tropics, but substantial diversity exists on most continents.
Gossamer-wings are the smallest butterflies. Their wingspans range from 0.5-2.0 inches (1.2-5.1 cm). There are about 7,000 species worldwide with about 139 species in North America. Gossamer-wings include the subfamilies hairstreaks, harvesters, coppers, and blues. Their flights vary from the fast, erratic hairstreaks to the slow, bouncy blues.
Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001) Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001) James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
Butterflies of North America — butterfly species of Lepidoptera native to North America. The main article for this category is List of butterflies of North America . Contents
List of butterflies of Seychelles; List of butterflies of Sierra Leone; List of butterflies of Singapore; List of Lepidoptera of Slovakia; List of Lepidoptera of Slovenia; List of butterflies of the Solomon Islands; List of butterflies of Somalia; List of butterflies of Somaliland; List of butterflies of South Africa; List of butterflies of ...
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