NJAS: Sandy Hook Butterfly List

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Sandy Hook Bird Observatory

Introduction

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Sandy Hook Migration Watch

Birding Raritan Bay

Birding the North Shore

Butterfly Garden

Sandy Hook Butterfly List

Swallowtails	Frequency	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Black Swallowtail*	Uncommon to common	--	------	------	-------	-------	------
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Uncommon to common	---	------	------	-------	-------	------
Spicebush Swallowtail*	Uncommon		------	------	-------	-------	------
Whites and Sulphurs
Checkered White*	Rare					--	------
Cabbage White*	Common to abundant	------	------	------	-------	-------	------	-----
Falcate Orangetip	Uncommon to common	---	--
Clouded Sulphur*	Uncommon to common	------	------	------	-------	-------	------	-----
Orange Sulphur*	Common to abundant	------	------	------	-------	-------	------	-----
Cloudless Sulphur*	Uncommon to common					----	------
Little Yellow	Rare to uncommon						--
Gossamer Wings
American Copper*	Common to abundant	--	------	------	-------	-------	------	--
Henry's Elfin	Common to abundant	--	---
Coral Hairstreak	Rare to uncommon			---	-------	----
Juniper Hairstreak*	Common	--	------		----	----
Gray Hairstreak*	Common		------	------	-------	-------	------
Red-banded Hairstreak	Uncommon to common		------	------	-------	-------	------
Eastern Tailed-Blue*	Common		------	------	-------	-------	------
Spring Azure	Uncommon to common	------	---
Summer Azure*	Uncommon to common			---	-------	-------	------
Brush-footed Butterflies
American Snout*	Uncommon to common			------	-------	-------	------	--
Variegated Fritillary	Stray				-------	-------	------
Pearl Crescent*	Common		------	------	-------	-------	------
Question Mark*	Uncommon		------	------	-------	-------	------	-----
Eastern Comma	Uncommon	---	------	------	-------	-------	------	--
Mourning Cloak	Uncommon	---	------	------	-------	-------	------	-----
American Lady*	Uncommon to common	--	------	------	-------	-------	------	--
Painted Lady*	Rare		------	------	-------	-------	------	--
Red Admiral*	Uncommon	--	------	------	-------	-------	------	--
Common Buckeye*	Common to abundant				-------	-------	------	-----
Red-spotted Admiral	Uncommon			------	-------	-------	------
Hackberry Emperor*	Uncommon to common			--	-------	-------	--
Tawny Emperor	Uncommon				-------	-------	---
Milkweed Butterflies
Monarch*	Common to abundant			------	-------	-------	------	-----
Spread-wing Skippers
Silver-spotted Skipper*	Uncommon to common		------	------	-------	-------	------
Long-tailed Skipper	Stray						------
Juvenal's Duskywing	Rare	--
Wild Indigo Duskywing	Rare to uncommon		---	------	-------	-------	------
Common Sootywing	Rare to uncommon			------	-------	-------	------
Grass Skippers
Swarthy Skipper	Common			------	-------	-------	---
Fiery Skipper	Uncommon					-------	------
Peck's Skipper	Common		--	------	-------	-------	------
Northern Broken Dash	Uncommon			--	-------
Sachem*	Common to abundant				-------	-------	------	-----
Zabulon Skipper	Uncommon		--	------		-------	--
Broad-winged Skipper*	Rare				-------	-------
Dun Skipper	Uncommon to common			--	-------	-------

* Observed at SHBO, 2002- present

Definitions:

Abundant - in the right spot and at the right time, likely to see more than 20 individuals per visit
Common - in the right spot and at the right time, likely to see 4- 20 individuals per visit
Uncommon - in the right spot and at the right time, likely to see 0-3 individuals per visit
Rare - in the right spot and at the right time, unlikely to see any individuals per visit
Stray - vagrant species not seen in most years

Prepared by the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory based on information from the North American Butterfly Association (NABA).