Presqu'ile Butterfly Status
ChartPresqu'ile Butterfly Status
Chart
| Acadian Hairstreak - ER | A - Abundant: Always found in large numbers. Many are found throughout the park regardless of preferred habitat. |
| American Copper - C,A | |
| American Painted Lady - U | |
| Aphrodite Fritillary - U | |
| Appalachian Eyed Brown - ER-R,L | |
| Arctic Skipper - R | |
| Black Swallowtail - R | |
| Broad-Winged Skipper - ER | |
| Bronze Copper - ER | |
| C - Common: Easily located within their preferred habitats. Their habitats are widespread throughout the park. | |
| Buckeye - R | |
| Cabbage White - C-A | |
| Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - FC | |
| Clouded Sulphur - FC-C | |
| Columbine Duskywing - ER | |
| Eastern Comma - R | |
| Compton Tortoiseshell - U | |
| Crossline Skipper - R | |
| Delaware Skipper - ER | |
| FC - Fairly Common: Can be generally located within their preferred habitat with some effort. The habitats may also be restricted within the park. | |
| Dion Skipper - ER | |
| Dun Skipper - FC | |
| Eastern Tailed Blue - U-R | |
| European Skipper - A | |
| Eyed Brown - C | |
| Grey Comma - ER | |
| Grey Hairstreak - ER | |
| Great Spangled Fritillary - FC | |
| U - Uncommon: Difficult to locate due to their limited number of locations and/or small population sizes so they may require several searches to locate. | |
| Harvester - ER | |
| Hobomok Skipper - U | |
| Juvenal's Duskywing - ER | |
| Least Skipper - R-U,L | |
| Little Wood Satyr - FC | |
| Little Sulphur - ER | |
| Long Dash Skipper - C | |
| Meadow Fritillary - ER | |
| Monarch - C-A | |
| R - Rare: Never more than five records in a single year. These butterflies are very difficult to locate, even within their proper habitat and have limited numbers at all their known locations. Many of these butterflies probably don't establish themselves permanently at Presqu'ile. | |
| Mourning Cloak - FC | |
| Mustard White - ER | |
| Northern Broken Dash - R,L | |
| Northern Pearl Crescent - A | |
| Northern Pearly Eye - R,L | |
| Orange Sulphur - C-A | |
| Painted Lady - R | |
| Peck's Skipper - U,L | |
| ER - Extremely rare: Known from five or fewer records. Butterflies in this category are usually considered as accidental migrants or strays and they are not to be expected to be encountered at the park. | |
| Pearl Crescent - R | |
| Question Mark - U | |
| Red Admiral - FC | |
| Red-Spotted Purple - ER | |
| Ringlet - A,R | |
| Silver Bordered Fritillary - R-U | |
| Silvery Blue - C | |
| Spring Azure - U | |
| Striped Hairstreak - ER | |
| L - Local: Found only within their very limited range. Butterflies that fall within this designation rarely stray from the boundaries of their small colonies. | |
| Summer Azure - U | |
| Tawny Edged Skipper - C,L-R | |
| Tiger Swallowtail - R | |
| Viceroy - FC-C | |
| White Admiral - FC | |
| Wood Nymph - FC-C | |
