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Superfamily Papilionoidea - Butterflies (excluding skippers)

Swallowtails, Parnassians · Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows · Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters · Metalmarks · Brushfooted Butterflies
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Family Papilionidae - Swallowtails, Parnassians
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus - female Spicebush Swallowtail larva - Papilio troilus Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor Caterpillar - Papilio polyxenes Zebra Swallowtail Larvae - Eurytides marcellus Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes WHAT IS THIS? - Papilio glaucus Caterpillar Bird-dropping Mimic - Papilio

Family Pieridae - Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows
Cloudless Sulphur larva - yellow form - Phoebis sennae Barred Suphur larva - Eurema daira Olympia Marble larva - Euchloe olympia Cabbage White - Pieris rapae orange-barred sulphur chrysalis - Phoebis philea Dainty Sulphur - Nathalis iole cabbage white on broccoli - Pieris rapae Caterpillar on radish - Pieris rapae

Family Lycaenidae - Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters
Caterpillar tended by an ant 6007672 pupa - Satyrium Lycaeninae caterpillar Atala butterfly chrysalis - Eumaeus atala Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak pupa - Strymon acis Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus Catapillar on Soap Plant Eastern Tailed-Blue - Cupido comyntas

Family Riodinidae - Metalmarks
Small pink caterpillar

Family Nymphalidae - Brushfooted Butterflies
Caterpillar - Limenitis Chrysalis ID Needed - Euptoieta claudia Question mark - Polygonia interrogationis Dingy Purplewing larvae - Eunica monima Viceroy caterpillar - Limenitis archippus Monarch Caterpillar I think... - Danaus plexippus yellow, black & white caterpillar - Danaus gilippus Which Limenitis? - Limenitis arthemis


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