List of Butterflies of Maine
The following list of butterflies are found in Maine. Clicking on the text link will show you a picture of the butterfly and which specific counties in Maine the butterfly is found in. Each link also provides more information about the butterfly's identification and life history. This will help you decide which Butterfly Nectar Plants and Butterfly Host Plants you will want to plant when you create your butterfly garden. Simply find which butterflies are in your area, grow the plants the caterpillars like to eat, and plants that adult butterflies feed on! You can prolong the butterfly's stay in your garden and draw in others by providing both the food and shelter they need.
Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
Admirals and Relatives (Limenitidinae)
'Astyanax'
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Red-spotted
Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
Viceroy
(Limenitis archippus)
White
Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)
Longwings (Heliconiinae)
Aphrodite
Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
Arctic
Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
Atlantis
Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)
Bog
Fritillary (Boloria eunomia)
Great
Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Meadow
Fritillary (Boloria bellona)
Regal
Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
Silver-bordered
Fritillary (Boloria selene)
Variegated
Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae)
Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)
Snouts (Libytheinae)
American
Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae)
American
Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Baltimore
(Euphydryas phaeton)
Common
Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Compton
Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
Eastern
Comma (Polygonia comma)
Gray
Comma (Polygonia progne)
Green
Comma (Polygonia faunus)
Harris'
Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)
Hoary
Comma (Polygonia gracilis)
Milbert's
Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
Mourning
Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Northern
Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
Painted
Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Pearl
Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Question
Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Red
Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Satyr
Comma (Polygonia satyrus)
Silvery
Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Tawny
Crescent (Phyciodes batesii)
Harvesters (Miletinae)
Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Swallowtails (Papilioninae)
Black
Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Canadian
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)
Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Giant
Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Pipevine
Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Spicebush
Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
Skippers (Hesperiidae)
Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae)
Common
Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
Dreamy
Duskywing (Erynnis icelus)
Juvenal's
Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
Northern
Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Persius
Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
Silver-spotted
Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Sleepy
Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
Southern
Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
Courtesy of: Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael
Pogue, coordinators. 2006.
Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie
Information Node.
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