Butterfly Identification Chart
Monarch* Danaus plexippus
Viceroy* Limenitis archippus
Red-Spotted Purple* Limenitis arthemis
White Admiral* Limenitis arthemis arthemis
Red Admiral* Vanessa atalanta
Mourning Cloak* Nymphalis antiopa
Milbert's Tortoiseshell* Nymphalis milberti
Painted Lady* Vanessa cardui
E. Black Swallowtail* Papilio polyxenes
E. Tiger Swallowtail* Papilio glaucus
Giant Swallowtail* Papilio cresphontes
Palamedes Swallowtail Papilio palamedes
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas
Spicebush Swallowtail* Papilio troilus
Zebra Swallowtail* Eurytides marcellus
Cabbage White* Pieris rapae
Checkered White* Pontia protodice
Great Southern White Ascia monuste
Clouded Sulphur* Colias philodice
Cloudless Sulphur* Phoebis sennae
Orange-barred Sulphur* Phoebis philea
Sleepy Orange Eureme nicippe
Comma* Polygonia comma
Question Mark* Polygonia interrogationis
Buckeye* Junonia coenia
Common Wood Nymph* Cercyonis pegala
Hackberry* Asterocampa celtis
Pearly Cresentspot* Phyciodes tharos
Great Spangled Fritillary* Speyeria cybele
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
Meadow Fritillary Boloria bellona
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta Claudia
Julia Dryas julia
Malachite Siproeta stelenes
White Peacock Anarita jatrophae
Queen Danaus gilippus
Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonius
* Butterflies native to Minnesota
All butterfly photos are courtesy of Vern Nelson