List of Butterflies of Nebraska
The following list of butterflies are found in Nebraska. Clicking on the text link will show you a picture of the butterfly and which specific counties in Nebraska 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)
Common
Mestra (Mestra amymone)
Red-spotted
Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
Ruddy
Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
Viceroy
(Limenitis archippus)
Weidemeyer's
Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
Emperors (Apaturinae)
Hackberry
Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)
Tawny
Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)
Longwings (Heliconiinae)
Aphrodite
Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
Arctic
Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
Callippe
Fritillary (Speyeria callippe)
Coronis
Fritillary (Speyeria coronis)
Edwards'
Fritillary (Speyeria edwardsii)
Great
Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Gulf
Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Regal
Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
Silver-bordered
Fritillary (Boloria selene)
Variegated
Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Zebra
Heliconian (Heliconius charithonius)
Zerene
Fritillary (Speyeria zerene)
Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae)
Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)
Queen
(Danaus gilippus)
Snouts (Libytheinae)
American
Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae)
American
Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Baltimore
(Euphydryas phaeton)
Bordered
Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
California
Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
Common
Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Compton
Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
Dotted
Checkerspot (Poladryas minuta)
Eastern
Comma (Polygonia comma)
Field
Crescent (Phyciodes pulchellus)
Fulvia
Checkerspot (Thessalia fulvia)
Gorgone
Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
Graphic
Crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
Gray
Comma (Polygonia progne)
Hoary
Comma (Polygonia gracilis)
Milbert's
Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
Mourning
Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Mylitta
Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)
Northern
Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
Painted
Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
Painted
Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Pale
Crescent (Phyciodes pallida)
Pearl
Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Phaon
Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Question
Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Red
Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
West
Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
White
Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Parnassians (Parnassiinae)
Rocky
Mountain Parnassian (Parnassius smintheus)
Swallowtails (Papilioninae)
Anise
Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
Black
Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Canadian
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)
Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Giant
Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Indra
Swallowtail (Papilio indra)
Old
World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Palamedes
Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
Pale
Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)
Pipevine
Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Spicebush
Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
Two-tailed
Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
Western
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
Zebra
Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
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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