List of butterflies of Oklahoma

Family: Papilionidae

Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

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)

Orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

Family: Pieridae

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)

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)

Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Family: Lycaenidae

Subfamily: Miletinae

• Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

Subfamily: Lycaeninae

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

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)

Spring azure (Celastrina ladon)

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)

Family: Riodinidae

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

Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Family: Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Libytheinae

• American snout (Libytheana carinenta)

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)

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)

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)

Subfamily: Charaxinae

• Goatweed leafwing (Anaea andria)

Subfamily: Apaturinae

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

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)

Subfamily: Danainae

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

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)

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)

Subfamily: Megathyminae

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