Butterflies of North America

by Henrik S. Larsen, Peter Mølmann, Erling Krabbe & Carsten Siems.

first update d. 18 november 2012

last update d. 17 december 2020


North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona d. 7 august 2012. Fotograf; Henrik S. Larsen

North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona d. 7 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Two-tailed Swallowtail, Papilio multicaudata. North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona d. 7 august 2012. Fotograf; Henrik S. Larsen

Two-tailed Swallowtail, Pterourus multicaudata.
North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona d. 7 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Baird's' Swallowtail, Papilio machaon bairdii (W. H. Edwards, 1866).  North Rim,  Gran Canyon, southern Rocky Mountains, Arizona, USA d. 6  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Baird's Swallowtail, Papilio machaon bairdii.
North Rim 2485 m. Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 6 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Rocky Mountain Duskywing, Erynnis telemachus. North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona d. 7 august 2012. Fotograf; Henrik S. LarsenRocky Mountain Duskywing, Erynnis telemachus. North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona d. 7 august 2012. Fotograf; Henrik S. Larsen

Rocky Mountain Duskywing, Erynnis telemachus.
North Rim 2485 . Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 6 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme (Boisduval, 1852). North Rim 2485 m. Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 6 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenOrange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme (Boisduval, 1852). North Rim 2485 m. Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 6 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme (Boisduval, 1852).
North Rim 2485 m. Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 6 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Mylitta Crescent, Phyciodes mylitta (W.H. Edwards, 1861). Arizona, USA d. 2 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Mylitta Crescent, Phyciodes mylitta (W.H. Edwards, 1861).
Arizona, USA d. 2 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Mylitta Crescent, Phyciodes mylitta ssp. arizonensis (Bauer, 1975). North Rim 2485 m. Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 7 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Mylitta Crescent, Phyciodes mylitta ssp. arizonensis (Bauer, 1975).
North Rim 2485 m. Gran Canyon, Arizona, USA d. 7 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

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Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

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Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Speyreia species. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenSpeyreia species. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenSpeyreia species. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenSpeyreia species. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenSpeyreia species. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Mormon Fritillary, Speyeria mormonia.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Hydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenHydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenHydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Hydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Small Wood-Nymph, Cercyonis oetus (Boisduval, 1869). Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Small Wood-Nymph, Cercyonis oetus (Boisduval, 1869).
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Western Branded Skipper, Hesperia colorado. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Western Branded SkipperHesperia colorado.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Where Western Branded SkipperHesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874) is conspecific to Silver-spotted Skipper, Hesperia comma.

Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 13  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenBlue Copper, Lycaena heteronea. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenBlue Copper, Lycaena heteronea. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenBlue Copper, Lycaena heteronea. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenBlue Copper, Lycaena heteronea. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Blue Copper, Lycaena heteronea.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Dorcas Copper, Lycaena dorcas. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Dorcas Copper, Lycaena dorcas.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14 august 2012.

Edith's Copper, Lycaena editha. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Edith's Copper, Lycaena editha.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12 august 2012.
Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenOreas Anglewing, Polygonia oreas (W. H. Edwards, 1869). Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 14  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. LarsenGreen Anglewing, Polygonia faunus (W. H. Edwards, 1862). Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming, USA d. 12  august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Oreas Anglewing, Polygonia oreas. Green Anglewing, Polygonia faunus.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
d. 14 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen d. 12 august 2012. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Green Anglewing, Polygonia faunus (W. H. Edwards, 1862). ca. 100km syd for Fairbanks, Alaska, USA d. 13  september 2014. Photographer;  Carsten Siems

Green Anglewing, Polygonia faunus (W. H. Edwards, 1862).
ca. 100km syd for Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
d. 13 september 2014. Photographer; Carsten Siems

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Goatweed Leafwing, Anaea andria (Scudder, 1875). Colorado, USA d. 6 april 2017. Photographer; Erling Krabbe

Goatweed Leafwing, Anaea andria (Scudder, 1875). Colorado, USA d. 6 april 2017. Photographer; Erling Krabbe

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Baird's Swallowtail by Peder Greve

first update d. 1 April 2013

last update d. 1 April 2013

Baid´s Swallowtail, Papilio machaon bairdii. Illustrator; Peder Greve i  80'erne.

Baird's Swallowtail, Papilio machaon bairdii fra Rocky Mountain, western USA. Illustrator; Peder Greve i 80'erne. Peder lavede en del illustrationer med de nordamerikanske svalehaler som var hans store interesse.

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Pipevine Swallowtail

Battus philenor

first update d. 18 September 2015

last update d. 14 October 2015

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark September 4, 2015. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars from eggs. Lille Salby, Denmark September 4, 2015. Photographer; Peter Møllmann

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark September 18, 2015. Photographer; Peter Møllmann

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark d. September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor caterpillars on Pipevines, Aristolochia macrophylla. Lille Salby, Denmark September 18, 2015. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor (Linnaeus, 1771): Caterpillars feed in small groups when young but become solitary when older. Wintering is by the chrysalis. Pipevines (Aristolochia species), including Aristolochia californica, A. serpentaria and others. Lars Andersen has photographed these larvae belonging to Mr Peter Møllmann which got eggs from one of his friends. As came out of eggs on September 4th. Lille Salby, Denmark September 18th 2015.

Mørkeblå Svalehale, Battus philenor (Linnaeus, 1771): Larve lever i små grupper i de første stadier, men i sidste stadie lever de mere alene. Overvintring sker i puppestadie. Værtsplante: Tobakspibe, Aristolochia arter, herunder Aristolochia californica, A. serpentaria m.fl. Lars Andersen har fotograferet disse larver hos Peter Møllmann som fik æg fra en af sine venner, larverne klækkede d. 4 september. Lille Salby, Midtsjælland, Danmark d. 18 september 2015.

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor puppae. Lille Salby, Denmark October 13, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor puppae. Lille Salby, Denmark October 13, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor puppae. Lille Salby, Denmark October 13, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor puppae. Lille Salby, Denmark October 13, 2015. Photographer; Lars AndersenPipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor male. Lille Salby, Denmark October 13, 2015. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor puppae, female and male. Lille Salby, Denmark October 13, 2015. Photographer; Peter Møllmann

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Banded Purple, Basilarchia arthemis. Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. d. 27 juli 2007. Fotograf: Bjørn Brøndsted

Banded Purple, Basilarchia arthemis. Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 27 juli 2007. Fotograf; Bjørn Brøndsted

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Brigadoon, Baffin Island by Clare Kines

Ross´s Alpine, Erebia rossii Curtis, 1835 Baffin Island d. 30 june 2010. Photographer; Clare Kines

Ross's Alpine, Erebia rossii (Curtis, 1835) Baffin Island d. 30 june 2010. Photographer; Clare Kines

Iqaluit, Baffin Island.

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Butterflies of North America by Carsten Siems.

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Butterflies of America and the Interactive Listing of American Butterflies

Butterflies of North America Paul A. Opler, Ray E. Stanford, and Harry Pavulaan

Butterflies of Canada Governement du Canada

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Butterflies from Hainan, China by Henrik S. Larsen

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