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Sightings in 2009 (Go to Lancaster Co. Butterfly Sightings) The butterfly species in bold have been seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2009. There are records of 108 species for Berks County. The list below includes all those reported from 2003 through 2008, a total of 85 species. New species (not seen during 2003 - 2008) will be added 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.
Three species were added to this list in 2008.
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Sightings in 2009 (73 species, the highest in the 7 years of list) --- Updated 9/26/09 (Latest: Milbert's Tortoiseshell.) |
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Family HESPERIIDAE
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Family LYCAENIDAE
47 Harvester 48 American Copper 7/10 Coral Hairstreak 7/11 (new to list) Edward's Hairstreak 7/11 (new to list) 49 Banded Hairstreak 6/22 50 Striped Hairstreak 51 Red-banded Hairstreak 6/1 52 Juniper Hairstreak 7/25 53 Brown Elfin 4/25 54 White-m Hairstreak 5/24 55 Gray Hairstreak 7/13 56 Eastern Tailed Blue 5/10 57 Spring Azure 4/2 58 Summer Azure 6/6 59 Appalachian Azure 5/10 Family LIBYTHEIDAE 60 Snout Butterfly approx. 7/4 Family NYMPHALIDAE 61 Variegated Fritillary 8/16 62 Great Spangled Fritillary 6/13 63 Aphrodite 64 Meadow Fritillary 6/22 65 Pearl Crescent 5/10 66 Baltimore 6/22 Adult & pupa 67 Question Mark 5/31 68 Comma 3/18 69 Gray Comma 70 Mourning Cloak 3/17 71 Milbert's Tortoiseshell 9/26 72 American Painted Lady 5/10 73 Painted Lady 6/4 74 Red Admiral 5/13 75 Buckeye 7/11 76 Red-spotted Purple 5/20 77 Viceroy 7/22 Subfamily APATURINAE 78 Hackberry Butterfly 7/2 79 Tawny Emperor 7/30 Subfamily SATYRINAE 80 Northern Pearly Eye 7/11 81 Appalachian Eyed Brown 7/11 82 Little Wood Satyr 5/22 83 Common Ringlet 84 Common Wood Nymph 7/11 Subfamily DANAINAE 85 Monarch 6/21 (And Egg found in May.) |
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| A site with data on butterfly distributions by
county (and photographs) for North America can be found at Butterflies
and Moths of NA. (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/)
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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