List of butterflies of Oklahoma
This is a list of all butterflies and skippers found in the state of Oklahoma. Butterflies and skippers are a monophyletic group found in the insect order Lepidoptera. (See the difference between a butterfly and a moth.)
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
Skippers
Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae
Spread-wing skippers
Subfamily: Pyrginae
- 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: Hesperiinae
- 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: Megathyminae
- Yucca giant-skipper (Megathymus yuccae)
- Strecker's giant-skipper (Megathymus streckeri)
