8 BUTTERFLIES

ENCOUNTERED at

HILTON POND NORTH

NYMPHALIDAE

Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele (above)

Common Wood-nymph, Cercyonis pegala

Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis

Silvery Checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis (below)

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PAPILIONIDAE

Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus

PIERIDAE

Cabbage White, Pieris rapae

HESPERIIDAE

Silver-spotted Skipper, Epargyreus clarus

Approximately 178 Butterfly species have been documented across North Carolina. These colorful four-winged flying insects are the adult form of an insect with complete metamorphosis: Egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult. The following checklist includes all butterflies encountered and identified at Hilton Pond North.