Swallowtail Family Papilionidae

There are 125 species of butterflies in Tennessee.

• Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
• Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
• Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio appalachiensis)
• Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

White and Sulphur Family Pieridae

• Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
• West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis)
• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
• Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)
• Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)
• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Southern Dogface (Colias [= Zerene] cesonia)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
• Little Yellow (Eurema [= Pyrisitia] lisa)
• Sleepy Orange (Eurema [=Abaeis] nicippe)
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Gossamer-winged Family Lycaenidae

• Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
• American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
• Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
• Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
• Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
• Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops)
• Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius)
• Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
• Henry’s Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
• Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
• White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
• Early Hairstreak (Erora laeta)
• Reakirt’s Blue (Hemiargus [=Echinargus] isola)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes [=Cupido] comyntas)
• Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
• Summer Azure (Celastrina ladon neglecta)
• Appalachian Azure (Celastrina neglectamajor)
• Dusky Azure (Celastrina nigra)
• Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)

Brushfooted Family Nymphalidae

• American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
• Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Diana Fritillary (Speyeria diana)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
• Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
• Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
• Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)
• Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
• Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
• Southern Pearly-eye (Enodia portlandia)
• Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon)
• Creole Pearly-eye (Enodia creola)
• Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia)
• Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
• Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)
• Little Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela)
• Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Skipper Family Hesperiidae

• 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)
• Confused Cloudywing (Thorbes confusis)
• Hayhurst’s Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
• Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
• Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
• 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 Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
• Swarthy Skipper (Nastra lherminier)
• Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
• Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
• Leonard’s Skipper (Hesperia leonardus)
• Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)
• Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles)
• Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes)
• Southern Broken-Dash (Wallegrenia otho)
• Northern Broken-Dash (Wallegrenia egeremet)
• Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)
• Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
• Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan)
• Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)
• Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)
• Yehl Skipper (Poanes yehl)
• Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)
• Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion)
• Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
• Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)
• Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
• Bell’s Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes belli)
• Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
• Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
• Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)
• Yucca Giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae)

Rare Species or Historical Sightings

• Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
• Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)
• Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
• Hickory Hairstreak (Satyrium caryaevorum)
• Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus)
• Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
• Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
• Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)
• White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
• Linda’s Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes linda)
• Reversed Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes reversa)