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Butterfly Briefs
Periodically, the Urban Butterfly Initiative highlights a Midwestern US butterfly species with its Butterfly of the Week feature on social media, giving some tidbits of information along with photos. These highlights have been consolidated here as Butterfly Briefs. If you don't see your favorite butterfly, just be patient - it'll show up here sooner or later!

Butterflies in this section are arranged by their scientific family. Click on the family name to go to that page, or click on an individual butterfly to go directly to that Butterfly Brief.

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American Snout
American Snout
(Libytheana carinenta)
Monarch
Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)
Variegated Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
(Euptoieta claudia)
Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
(Speyeria cybele)
Red Spotted Purple
Red-spotted Purple
(Limenitis arthemis)
Silvery Checkerspot
Silvery Checkerspot
(Chlosyne nycteis)
Pearl Crescent
Pearl Crescent
(Phyciodes tharos)
Common Buckeye
Common Buckeye
(Junonia coenia)
Question Mark
Question Mark
(Polygonia interrogationis)
Eastern Comma
Eastern Comma
(Polygonia comma)
Gray Comma
Gray Comma
(Polygonia progne)
Mourning Cloak
Mourning Cloak
(Nymphalis antiopa)
American Lady
American Lady
(Vanessa virginiensis)
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
(Vanessa cardui)
Silver-spotted Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
(Epargyreus clarus)
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
(Hylephila phyleus)
Northern Broken-Dash
Northern Broken-Dash
(Wallengrenia egeremet)
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