Butterfly Report from June 28, 2009 at the Head of the Sequatchie Valley by Bobby Fulcher, Cumberland Trail Park Manager.
SWALLOWTAILS:
1. Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor – 3
2. Zebra Swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus – 1
3. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus – 1
SULPHURS:
4. Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme – 2
BLUES:
5. Eastern Tailed, Everes comyntas – 7
6. ‘Summer’ Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon neglecta – 3
BRUSHFOOTS:
7. American Snout, Libytheana carinenta – 2
8. Great Spangled Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae – 5
9. Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos – 2
10. Question Mark, Polygonia interrogationis – 2
11. Eastern Comma, Polygonia comma – 1
12. Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis archippus astyanax – 1
13. Monarch, Danaus plexippus – 1
SKIPPERS:
14. Silver-spotted Skipper, Epargyreus clarus – 4
15. Least Skipper, Ancyloxypha numitor – 1
16. Little Glassywing, Pompeius verna – 1
17. Sachem, Atalopedes campestris – 1
18. Dun Skipper, Euphyes vestrisi – 2