List of butterflies of Oklahoma

black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

is the state butterfly of Oklahoma

This is a list of all

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Butterflies

Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Swallowtails

Family: Papilionidae

Swallowtails: Papilioninae

Subfamily: Papilioninae

• Pipevine swallowtail
  (Battus philenor)
• Zebra swallowtail
  (Eurytides marcellus)
• Black swallowtail
  (Papilio polyxenes)
• Thoas swallowtail
  (Papilio thoas)
• Giant swallowtail
  (Papilio cresphontes)
• Eastern tiger swallowtail
  (Papilio glaucus)
• Two-tailed swallowtail
  (Papilio multicaudata)
• Spicebush swallowtail
  (Papilio troilus)
• Palamedes swallowtail
  (Papilio palamedes)

Whites and sulphers

Family: Pieridae

Whites

Subfamily: Pierinae

• Florida white
  (Appias drusilla)
• Becker's white
  (Pontia beckerii)
• Spring white
  (Pontia sisymbrii)
• Checkered white
  (Pontia protodice)
• Cabbage white (Pieris rapae)
• Large marble
  (Euchloe ausonides)
• Olympia marble
  (Euchloe olympia)
• Falcate orangetip
  (Anthocharis midea)

Sulphurs

Subfamily: Coliadinae

• Clouded sulphur
  (Colias philodice)
• Orange sulphur
  (Colias eurytheme)
• Southern dogface
  (Zerene cesonia)
• White angled-sulphur
  (Anteos clorinde)
• Cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Orange-barred sulphur
  (Phoebis philea)
• Large orange sulphur
  (Phoebis agarithe)
• Lyside sulphur
  (Kricogonia lyside)
• Barred yellow (Eurema daira)
• Mexican yellow
  (Eurema mexicana)
• Little yellow
  (Eurema lisa)
• Sleepy orange
  (Eurema nicippe)
• Dainty sulphur
  (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-wing butterflies

Family: Lycaenidae

Harvester

Subfamily: Miletinae

• Harvester (
  Feniseca tarquinius
  )

Coppers

Subfamily: Lycaeninae

• American copper
  (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Gray copper
  (Lycaena dione)
• Bronze copper
  (Lycaena hyllus)
• Purplish copper
  (Lycaena helloides)

Hairstreaks

Subfamily: Theclinae

• Great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
• Soapberry hairstreak
  (Phaeostrymon alcestis)
• Coral hairstreak
  (Satyrium titus)
• Behr's hairstreak
  (Satyrium behrii)
• Edwards' hairstreak
  (Satyrium edwardsii)
• Banded hairstreak
  (Satyrium calanus)
• Striped hairstreak
  (Satyrium liparops)
• Southern hairstreak
  (Fixsenia favonius)
• Frosted elfin
  (Callophrys irus)
• Henry's elfin
  (Callophrys henrici)
• Eastern pine elfin
  (Callophrys niphon)
• Thicket hairstreak
  (Callophrys spinetorum)
• Juniper hairstreak
  (Callophrys gryneus)
• White M hairstreak
  (Parrhasius m-album)
• Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)

Blues

Subfamily: Polyommatinae

• Western pygmy-blue
  (Brephidium exile)
• Cassius blue
  (Leptotes cassius)
• Marine blue
  (Leptotes marina)
• Reakirt's blue
  (Echinargus isola)
• Eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Spring azure
  (Celastrina ladon)
• Summer azure
  (Celastrina neglecta)
• Silvery blue
  (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
• Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa)
• Lupine blue
  (Icaricia lupini)

Metalmarks

Family: Riodinidae

• Little metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis)
• Northern metalmark
  (Calephelis borealis)

Brush-footed butterflies

Family: Nymphalidae

Snouts

Subfamily: Libytheinae

• American snout
  (Libytheana carinenta)

Heliconians and fritillaries

Subfamily: Heliconiinae

• Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Zebra heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
• Variegated fritillary
  (Euptoieta claudia)
• Diana (Speyeria diana)
• Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
• Edwards' fritillary
  (Speyeria edwardsii)

True brush-foots

Subfamily: Nymphalinae

• Dotted checkerspot
  (Poladryas minuta)
• Fulvia checkerspot
  (Thessalia fulvia)
• Bordered patch
  (Chlosyne lacinia)
• Gorgone checkerspot
  (Chlosyne gorgone)
• Silvery checkerspot
  (Chlosyne nycteis)
• Texan crescent
  (Phyciodes texana)
• Graphic crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
• Phaon crescent
  (Phyciodes phaon)
• Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Field crescent
  (Phyciodes pratensis)
• Painted crescent (Phyciodes picta)
• Variable checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
• Baltimore
  (Euphydryas phaeton)
• Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Eastern comma
  (Polygonia comma)
• Gray comma
  (Polygonia progne)
• Mourning cloak
  (Nymphalis antiopa)
• American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
• West Coast lady (Vanessa annabella)
• Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Common buckeye
  (Junonia coenia)

Admirals and relatives

Subfamily: Limenitidinae

• Red-spotted purple
  (Limenitis arthemis)
  • 'Astyanax' red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
• Viceroy
  (Limenitis archippus)
• Weidemeyer's admiral
  (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
• California sister
  (Adelpha bredowii)
• Common mestra
  (Mestra amymone)

Leafwings

Subfamily: Charaxinae

• Goatweed leafwing (Anaea andria)

Emperors

Subfamily: Apaturinae

• Hackberry emperor
  (Asterocampa celtis)
• Tawny emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

Satyrs

Subfamily: Satyrinae

• Southern pearly eye
  (Enodia portlandia)
• Northern pearly eye
  (Enodia anthedon)
• Creole pearly eye
  (Enodia creola)
• Canyonland satyr (Cyllopsis pertepida)
• Gemmed satyr
  (Cyllopsis gemma)
• Carolina satyr
  (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
• Georgia satyr (Neonympha areolata)
• Little wood satyr
  (Megisto cymela)
• Red satyr
  (Megisto rubricata)
• Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
• Ridings' satyr
  (Neominois ridingsii)

Monarchs

Subfamily: Danainae

• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Skippers

Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae

Spread-wing skippers

Subfamily:

• Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
• Long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus)
• Golden banded-skipper
  (Autochton cellus)
• Hoary edge
  (Achalarus lyciades)
• Southern cloudywing
  (Thorybes bathyllus)
• Northern cloudywing
  (Thorybes pylades)
• Confusing cloudywing
  (Thorybes confusis)
• Outis skipper (Cogia outis)
• Hayhurst's scallopwing
  (Staphylus hayhurstii)
• Dreamy duskywing
  (Erynnis icelus)
• Sleepy duskywing
  (Erynnis brizo)
• Juvenal's duskywing
  (Erynnis juvenalis)
• Rocky Mountain duskywing (Erynnis telemachus)
• Horace's duskywing
  (Erynnis horatius)
• Mottled duskywing
  (Erynnis martialis)
• Zarucco duskywing
  (Erynnis zarucco)
• Funereal duskywing
  (Erynnis funeralis)
• Wild indigo duskywing
  (Erynnis baptisiae)
• Common checkered-skipper
  (Pyrgus communis)
• Common streaky-skipper
  (Celotes nessus)
• Common sootywing
  (Pholisora catullus)

Grass skippers

Subfamily:

• Swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier)
• Clouded skipper
  (Lerema accius)
• Least skipper
  (Ancyloxypha numitor)
• Orange skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacia)
• Southern skipperling
  (Copaeodes minima)
• Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Uncas skipper
  (Hesperia uncas)
• Ottoe skipper
  (Hesperia ottoe)
• Leonard's skipper
  (Hesperia leonardus)
• Cobweb skipper
  (Hesperia metea)
• Green skipper (Hesperia viridis)
• Dotted skipper (Hesperia attalus)
• Peck's skipper
  (Polites peckius)
• Rhesus skipper
  (Polites rhesus)
• Carus skipper (Polites carus)
• Tawny-edged skipper
  (Polites themistocles)
• Crossline skipper
  (Polites origenes)
• Whirlabout
  (Polites vibex)
• Southern broken-dash
  (Wallengrenia otho)
• Northern broken-dash
  (Wallengrenia egeremet)
• Little glassywing
  (Pompeius verna)
• Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
• Arogos skipper
  (Atrytone arogos)
• Delaware skipper
  (Anatrytone logan)
• Byssus skipper
  (Problema byssus)
• Hobomok skipper (Poanes hobomok)
• Zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon)
• Broad-winged skipper
  (Poanes viator)
• Dion skipper
  (Euphyes dion)
• Black dash
  (Euphyes conspicua)
• Dun skipper
  (Euphyes vestris)
• Dusted skipper
  (Atrytonopsis hianna)
• Viereck's skipper (Atrytonopsis vierecki)
• Bronze roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes aenus)
• Linda's roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes linda)
• Oslar's roadside-skipper
  (Amblyscirtes oslari)
• Lace-winged roadside-skipper
  (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
• Nysa roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa)
• Dotted roadside-skipper (Amblyscirtes eos)
• Common roadside-skipper
  (Amblyscirtes vialis)
• Bell's roadside-skipper
  (Amblyscirtes belli)
• Dusky roadside-skipper
  (Amblyscirtes alternata)
• Eufala skipper
  (Lerodea eufala)
• Brazilian skipper
  (Calpodes ethlius)
• Ocola skipper
  (Panoquina ocola)

Giant-skippers

Subfamily:

• Yucca giant-skipper
  (Megathymus yuccae)
• Strecker's giant-skipper
  (Megathymus streckeri)