Lepidoptera, occasional sightings

Occasional Butterfly/Moth Sightings

Frequency of sightings: Figures are the percent of days each month that a Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary volunteer has reported seeing the species. It is not a tally of the number of each species. Neither is it a scientific sampling nor a guarantee that any species will be present at any given time during the year.

Annual Butterfly Counts, 1997-2007

Angelwings (family Polygonia) & Tortoiseshells (family Nymphalis)

Question Mark
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Malachite

Brushfoots (family Nymphalidae)

Julia
Phaon Crescent

Hairstreaks (genus Strymon)

Bartram's Hairstreak
Cassius Blue
Gray Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak

Metalmarks (family Riodinidae)

Little Metalmark

Milkweed (subfamily Danainae)

Soldier

Moths

Giant Leopard Moth
Hummingbird Moth
Io Moth
Polyphemus Moth

Satyrs (subfamily Satyrinae)

Carolina Satyr

Skippers (family Hesperiidae)

Brazilian Skipper
Dion Skipper
Dorantes Longtail
Least Skipperling
Long-tailed Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Southern Skipperling
Tropical Checker

Swallowtails (family Papilionidae)

Pipevine
Spicebush
Zebra

Whites & Sulphurs (family Pieridae)

Great Southern White
Cloudless Sulphur
Dainty Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Orange-barred Sulphur
Southern Dogface

Question Mark

2006: June 4%, Jul 3%

Painted Lady

2004: Feb 3%
2006: Feb 4%

Red Admiral

2007: Aug 8%, Sep 4%, Oct 10%, Nov 7%, Dec 3%
2008: Jan 3%, Feb 3%, Mar 19%, Apr 7%, May 3%, June 14%

Common Buckeye

2004: Mar 3%
2006: Jan 3%
2007: Apr 3%, Aug 3%
2008: Feb 3%

Malachite

2003: Nov 3%

Julia

2002: Feb 4%, Mar 3%
2003: Jul 7%, Nov 7%
2004: Jan 3%, Feb 3%, Mar 3%, May 3%, Jul 3%, Dec 3%
2005: Jan 3%, Dec 3%
2006: Feb 4%, Apr 3%, May 3%, Aug 3%, Nov 3%
2007: Mar 3%, Apr 3%, May 4%, Oct 3%, Dec 3%
2008: Feb 7%

Phaon Crescent

2000: June 7%, Aug 4%, Nov 3%
2004: Mar 3%, Aug 4%, Sep 4%, Nov 3%
2005: Apr 6%, May 7%, June 4%, Sep 4%
2006: Feb 19%, Mar 10%, May 3%, July 3%, Aug 3%, Sep 10%, Nov 3%
2007: Feb 4%, July 4%, Aug 24%, Sep 41%, Oct 7%, Nov 3%, Dec 3%
2008: Feb 3%, Mar 6%

Bartram's Hairstreak

2003: June 3%
2008: May 3%

Cassius Blue

2007: Sep 4%
2008: Mar 6%, Apr 23%, May 3%

Gray Hairstreak

2002: Mar 3%, July 4%
2003: May 4%
2004: June 7%, Oct 3%
2005: July 4%, Aug 4%
2006: July 7%, Aug 14%, Sep 7%
2007: July 4%, Aug 4%

Red-banded Hairstreak

2006: July 3%
2007: Aug 4%

Little Metalmark

2002: June 4%, Sep 12%
2003: Apr 3%, May 7%, Dec 3%
2004: Apr 3%, May 3%
2005: Apr 3%
2006: Jan 7%

Soldier

2003: Oct 3%, Nov 10%, Dec 7%
2004: Apr 3%
2007: Aug 4%, Dec 24%
2008: Jan 3%

Giant Leopard Moth

2007: Dec 3%

Hummingbird Moth

2004: Jan 4%

Io Moth

2002: Feb 4%
2007: Nov 3%

PolyphemusMoth

2007: Dec 3%

Carolina Satyr

2003: Apr 3%
2004: Dec 3%

Brazilian Skipper

2004: Oct 3%, Dec 3%
2005: Sep 11%, Oct 10%
2006: May 3%, June 4%, Aug 14%, Oct 7%, Dec 3%
2007: July 8%, Aug 24%, Sep 37%, Oct 70%, Nov 73%, Dec 35%
2008: Jan 10%, Feb 7%, Apr 3%, May 28%, June 25%

Dion Skipper

2002: Apr 3%
2006: July 3%

Dorantes Skipper

2007: Aug 4%, Oct 3%, Nov 3%, Dec 3%

Least Skipperling

2007: Aug 4%

Long-tailed Skipper

2002: Feb 7%, Mar 3%, Apr 7%, June 4%, July 4%, Aug 4%, Sep 4%, Oct 6%, Nov 7%, Dec 7%
2003: Mar 3%, Apr 3%, May 4%, June 3%, July 4%, Oct 8%, Nov 3%, Dec 3%
2004: Apr 3%, July 3%, Aug 7%, Sep 4%, Oct 13%, Nov 10%, Dec 3%
2005: Feb 7%, June 4%, July 4%, Aug 7%, Sep 11%, Nov 3%, Dec 8%
2006: Jan 3%, June 4%, July 10%, Sep 7%, Oct 3%, Nov 7%
2007: Jan 10%, Feb 4%, Aug 4%, Sep 4%, Oct 13%, Nov 20%, Dec 6%
2008: Jan 10%, Feb 7%

Silver-spotted Skipper

2002: Aug 4%, Sep 4%, Nov 3%
2003: Apr 7%, May 3%, July 3%, Aug 20%
2007: Aug 20%, Sep 7%
2008: Feb 3%, Mar 19%, May 10%, June 7%

Southern Skipperling

2007: Aug 4%

Tropical Checker

2004: July 4%

Swallowtail, Pipevine

2002: Apr 3%, July 4%

Swallowtail, Spicebush

2002: Mar 3%, June 11%, Sep 8%, Oct 3%
2003: Mar 6%, July 4%, Sep 11%, Oct 6%
2005: June 4%, Aug 4%, Sep 7%
2006: June 4%
2007: July 4%, Aug 4%
2008: Mar 10%, June 4%

Swallowtail, Zebra

2003: July 4%
2004: Mar 3%, Apr 7%
2006: Oct 3%
2008: Apr 3%

Great Southern White

2002: Apr 10%, May 3%
2003: Apr 17%, May 11%, June 3%, Sep 8%, Nov 7%
2004: Apr 30%, May 13%, June 4%, Nov 3%, Dec 3%
2005: Mar 6%, May 10%, June 4%, Aug 3%, Nov 3%
2006: May 10%, Aug 3%
2007: Mar 3%, Apr 3%, May 4%, June 9%, Aug 4%, Nov 7%, Dec 3%
2008: Mar 3%, Apr 30%, May 7%

Cloudless Sulphur

2002: Oct 3%
2003: Jan 3%, Feb 3%, Aug 4%
2004: Jan 3%, Feb 3%, Mar 3%, Apr 4%, Dec 3%
2005: Jan 3%, Aug 4%
2006: Feb 4%, Sep 3%, Dec 6%
2007: Jan 10%, July 8%, Aug 20%, Sep 11%, Oct 23%, Nov 13%, Dec 6%

Dainty Sulphur

2002: Dec 3%
2004: Dec 3%

Orange Sulphur

2007: Aug 4%

Orange-barred Sulphur

2004: May 3%, Oct 3%
2005: Mar 3%
2006: May 17%, Dec 6%
2007: Jan 3%, July 4%
2008: June 4%

Southern Dogface

2007: Nov 3%