| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Battus philenor | Pipevine Swallowtail |
| Eurytides marcellus | Zebra Swallowtail |
| Papilio polyxenes | Black Swallowtail |
| Papilio glaucus | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
| Papilio troilus | Spicebush Swallowtail |
| Pieris rapae | Cabbage White |
| Anthocharis midea | Falcate Orangetip |
| Colias eurytheme | Orange Sulphur |
| Phoebis sennae | Cloudless Sulphur |
| Eurema nicippe | Sleepy Orange |
| Satyrium calanus | Banded Hairstreak |
| Satyrium liparops | Striped Hairstreak |
| Mitoura gryneus | Juniper Hairstreak |
| Parrhasius m-album | White-M Hairstreak |
| Strymon melinus | Gray Hairstreak |
| Calycopis cecrops | Red-banded Hairstreak |
| Everes comyntas | Eastern Tailed-Blue |
| Celastrina neglecta | Summer Azure |
| Libytheana carinenta | American Snout |
| Euptoieta claudia | Variegated Fritillary |
| Speyeria cybele | Great Spangled Fritillary |
| Chlosyne nycteis | Silvery Checkerspot |
| Phyciodes tharos | Pearl Crescent |
| Polygonia interrogationis | Question Mark |
| Polygonia comma | Eastern Comma |
| Vanessa virginiensis | American Lady |
| Vanessa cardui | Painted Lady |
| Vanessa atalanta | Red Admiral |
| Junonia coenia | Common Buckeye |
| Limenitis arthemis | Red-spotted Purple |
| Asterocampa celtis | Hackberry Emperor |
| Asterocampa clyton | Tawny Emperor |
| Cyllopsis gemma | Gemmed Satyr |
| Hermeuptychia sosybius | Carolina Satyr |
| Megisto cymela | Little Wood-Satyr |
| Cercyonis pegala | Common Wood-Nymph |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch |
| Epargyreus clarus | Silver-spotted Skipper |
| Urbanus proteus | Long-tailed Skipper |
| Achalarus lyciades | Hoary Edge |
| Staphylus hayhurstii | Hayhurst's Scallopwing |
| Erynnis horatius | Horace's Duskywing |
| Erynnis baptisiae | Wild Indigo Duskywing |
| Pyrgus communis | Common Checkered-Skipper |
| Lerema accius | Clouded Skipper |
| Ancyloxypha numitor | Least Skipper |
| Hylephila phyleus | Fiery Skipper |
| Wallengrenia otho | Southern Broken-Dash |
| Wallengrenia egeremet | Northern Broken-Dash |
| Pompeius verna | Little Glassywing |
| Atalopedes campestris | Sachem |
| Poanes zabulon | Zabulon Skipper |
| Euphyes vestris | Dun Skipper |
| Lerodea eufala | Eufala Skipper |
| Panoquina ocola | Ocola Skipper |
That's 55 species, as of 30 June 2005.
The yard is a <0.5 acre lot in the suburbs of Chapel Hill, NC
Plants for attracting butterflies | Butterfly photos
Revised 6/30/05 cwcook@duke.edu