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Butterfly Briefs

Mourning Cloak
Mourning Cloak

Spring Azure

Zebra Swallowtail

Mourning Cloak
Mourning Cloak
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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.
For more great butterfly information, download our FREE Butterfly e-Guide and visit our Butterfly ID Links page.
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American Snout
(Libytheana carinenta)

Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)

Variegated Fritillary
(Euptoieta claudia)

Great Spangled Fritillary
(Speyeria cybele)

Red-spotted Purple
(Limenitis arthemis)

Silvery Checkerspot
(Chlosyne nycteis)
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Pearl Crescent
(Phyciodes tharos)

Common Buckeye
(Junonia coenia)

Question Mark
(Polygonia interrogationis)

Eastern Comma
(Polygonia comma)

Gray Comma
(Polygonia progne)

Mourning Cloak
(Nymphalis antiopa)

American Lady
(Vanessa virginiensis)

Painted Lady
(Vanessa cardui)

Silver-spotted Skipper
(Epargyreus clarus)

Fiery Skipper
(Hylephila phyleus)

Northern Broken-Dash
(Wallengrenia egeremet)
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