| Species list1
(56
species)
(footnotes and links to more info may be found below this table) Click on the species name for photos2 |
average
peak count3 |
typical
peak month or date3 |
comments,
locations (map) |
Ecological
significance rank (1-10) Remnant dependent (R) or remnant associated (r) (explanation) |
Breeding
and over-wintering on site (BW), breeding but not over-wintering (B), stray only (S) |
Average
number of northern Illinois monitoring network sites reporting this species for 1997, 1998, and 1999 |
| Swallowtails
(family Papilionidae) |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) | (1) | June 1999 | an unusual stray! | 6, r | S | 3 |
| Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) | 5 | Aug | 5 | BW | 26 | |
| Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) | 2 | Aug | ELM-24 woods | 8 | BW | 3 |
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) | 2 | Aug | 6 | BW | 26 | |
| Whites and
Sulphurs (family Pieridae) |
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| Checkered White (Pontia protodice) | 1 | Sep 5 | southern species | 5, r | S | 0 |
| Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) | 30+ | June-Aug | 1 | BW | 32 | |
| Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) | 20+ | July-Oct | 5 | BW | 31 | |
| Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) | Data | combined | with Clouded | Sulphur | BW | |
| Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) | 1 | June | southern species | S | ||
| Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) | 1 | June-Aug | southern species | 4 | ? | 4 |
| Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) | 1 | Aug-Sep | southern species | 4 | S | 0 |
| Gossamer-wing
Butterflies (family Lycaenidae) |
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| Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus) | 3 | Aug | pond edges | 5, R | BW | 8 |
| Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) | 5 | Sep 7 | wet fields | 5, R | BW | 2 |
| Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus) | 5 | July 1 | ELM-20 | 9, r | BW | 7 |
| Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica) | 1 | July 1 | Main Ring | 9, r | BW | 4 |
| Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) | 3 | July 1 | ELM-24 woods edge | 7, r | BW | 8 |
| Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius) |
1 | July 11 | ELM-24 woods edge | |
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0 |
| Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) | 15 | Aug 17 | 5 | BW | 24 | |
| Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) | 3 | Aug 10 | 7 | BW | 27 | |
| Brushfooted
Butterflies (family Nymphalidae) |
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| American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) | 1 | July-Sep | 4 | B | 7 | |
| Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) | (2) | Aug 2001 | ELM-20 | 4 | S | 1 |
| Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) | 7 | June 27 | Interpretive trail/woods | 5, r | BW | 25 |
| Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona) | 10 | June 24
July 31 Sep 6 |
old fields with violets | 9, R | BW | 1 |
| Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) | 1 | June | |
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? a new sighting |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) | 13 | July-Aug | 5 | BW | 29 | |
| Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) | 4 | May-Sep | 6 | BW | 11 | |
| Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) | 3 | April,
July-Oct |
ELM-24 woods | 6 | BW | 11 |
| Gray Comma (Polygonia progne) | 2 | July-Aug | ELM-24 woods | 6, r | BW | 3 |
| Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) | 2 | Apr-Sep | 6 | BW | 18 | |
| American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) | 3 | May-June | 5 | B | 16 | |
| Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) | 4 | Aug-Sep | 4 | B | 6 | |
| Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) | 7 | May-Sep | 6 | B | 19 | |
| Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) | 5 | July-Sep | 4 | B | 13 | |
| Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) | 3 | Aug 1 | 6 | BW | 16 | |
| Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) | 10 | June-Aug | Willows at pond edges | 6, r | BW | 18 |
| Satyrs (subfamily Satyrinae) | ||||||
| Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon) | 5 | July | ELM-24 woods | 7, r | BW | 11 |
| Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice) | 2 | July 6 | ELM-1, ELM-20 | 10, R | BW | 11 |
| Little Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela) | 1 | June | ELM-24 woods | 7 | BW | 17 |
| Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) | 15 | July | prairies and fields | 9, r | BW | 20 |
| Milkweed
butterflies (subfamily Danainae) |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) | 10+ | Sep | 4 | B | 31 | |
| Skippers (family Hesperiidae) | ||||||
| Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) | 4 | June-Aug | ELM-24 woods | BW | 23 | |
| Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae) | 5 | Sep | widespread on site | BW | 5 | |
| Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis) | (1) | July 2000 | S | 1 | ||
| Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) | (1) | Aug 2001 | ? | 4 | ||
| Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor) | 12 | June, Aug | r | BW | 13 | |
| European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) | 12 | June 25 | BW | 16 | ||
| Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) | 4 | Aug-Sep | B | 7 | ||
| Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) | 4 | June 10 | interpretive trail | BW | 15 | |
| Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles) | 2 | June 4 | BW | 12 | ||
| Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet) | 4 | July 14 | ELM-24 woods edge | BW | 4 | |
| Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) | (1) | June 2001 | ELM-1 | ? | 2 | |
| Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) | (1) | Sep 2000 | S | 1 | ||
| Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone delaware) | 2 | July | ELM-1,ELM-20 | r | BW | 11 |
| Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion) | 16 | July 10 | Indian Creek (ELM-27) | R | BW | 5 |
| Black Dash (Euphyes conspicua) | 2 | July 8 | sedges near ELM-3 | R | BW | 6 |
| Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris) | 3 | July 13 | BW | 7 |
