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Sightings in 2007 The following butterfly species (those in bold) have been seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2007. The listed date is the first date seen in 2007 if known. There have been records of 106 species seen in Berks County. The list below includes all those reported in 2003 through 2007, a total of 77 species plus three found in 2007. Additional species seen in 2007 are shown in red. No doubt other species will be present, but not seen. Some of the 108 species are historical records and many are of strays not often found in the county. Ninety seven of the one hundred eight species are known to have been seen in the past 40 years. No new species were added in 2006. There are 3 new species for 2007. |
| Sightings in 2007 (64 species) (10/16/07) |
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Family HESPERIIDAE
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Family LYCAENIDAE
44 Harvester 08/02/07 45 American Copper 46 Banded Hairstreak 47 Striped Hairstreak 06/24/07 48 Red-banded Hairstreak 08/17/07 49 Juniper Hairstreak 05/05/07& 07/28/07 50 Brown Elfin 51 White-m Hairstreak 05/5/07 52 Gray Hairstreak 53 Eastern Tailed Blue 54 Spring Azure 55 Summer Azure 56 Appalachian Azure Family LIBYTHEIDAE 57 Snout Butterfly 07/15/07 Family NYMPHALIDAE 58 Variegated Fritillary 07/17/07 59 Great Spangled Fritillary 60 Aphrodite 61 Meadow Fritillary 62 Pearl Crescent 63 Baltimore 64 Question Mark 65 Comma 66 Gray Comma 67 Mourning Cloak 68 American Painted Lady 69 Painted Lady 70 Red Admiral 71 Buckeye 08/04/07 72 Red-spotted Purple 73 Viceroy Subfamily APATURINAE 74 Hackberry Butterfly 75 Tawny Emperor Subfamily SATYRINAE 76 Northern Pearly Eye 77 Appalachian Eyed Brown 78 Little Wood Satyr 79 Common Wood Nymph Subfamily DANAINAE 80 Monarch 06/17/07 |
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| A site with data on butterfly distributions by
county (and photographs) for North America can be found at North
American Butterflies. This government sponsored site is updated about
once a year.
There is a small informal group of local butterfly collectors/observers in Berks Co. Pennsylvania If you are interested in butterflies and would like to meet this group, contact  .
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