title: List of butterflies of Oklahoma
text: # 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
  
  * Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
  * Queen (Danaus gilippus)
  
  ## 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)
  