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The butterfly species with
dates recorded have been seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania this year. There are
records of 107 species for Berks County. The list below includes all those
reported from 2003 through 2016 plus this year, a total of 93. New species
(not seen during
2003 - 2016) will be added in red
.
One species was added in 2013 and another in 2015. No data was collected in 2014.
Again this year
we are recording the first sighting for each month plus a last date for
the year in order to have data over the season. If you have a later report
than the "Last" date posted, please send it to the email below.
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(No new species were added to the Berks list this year.) Updated 12/2/17 |
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The day of the first sighting is listed for each month plus the last date for the year.
Family HESPERIIDAE | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Last | |
1 | Silver-spotted Skipper | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Nov 3 | ||||
2 | Long-tailed Skipper | 26 | Sep 26 | |||||||||||
3 | Hoary-edged Skipper | 11 | ||||||||||||
4 | Northern Cloudywing | 11 | ||||||||||||
5 | Dreamy Duskywing | |||||||||||||
6 | Sleepy Duskywing | 29 | ||||||||||||
7 | Juvenal's Duskywing | 10 | ||||||||||||
8 | Horace's Duskywing | 29 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||||
9 | Wild Indigo Duskywing | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||
10 | Common Checkered Skipper | 21 | 16 | 3 | 28 | Oct 28 | ||||||||
11 | Common Sootywing | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||
12 | Swarthy Skipper | 29 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||||
13 | Least Skipper | 18 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | Oct 7 | ||||||
14 | European Skipper | 2 ! | ||||||||||||
15 | Fiery Skipper | 26 | 1 | 6 | Nov 6 | |||||||||
16 | Leonard's Skipper | |||||||||||||
17 | Cobweb Skipper | |||||||||||||
18 | Indian Skipper | |||||||||||||
19 | Peck's Skipper | 14 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||
20 | Tawny-edged Skipper | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
21 | Crossline Skipper | |||||||||||||
22 | Long Dash | |||||||||||||
23 | Northern Broken Dash | 19 | ||||||||||||
24 | Little Glassy Wing | 21 | ||||||||||||
25 | Sachem | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nov 8 | ||||||
26 | Delaware Skipper | |||||||||||||
27 | Mulberry Wing | |||||||||||||
28 | Hobomok Skipper | |||||||||||||
29 | Zabulon Skipper | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
30 | Broad-winged Skipper | 20 | ||||||||||||
31 | Black Dash | |||||||||||||
32 | Dun Skipper | 16 | 10 | |||||||||||
33 | Dusted Skipper | |||||||||||||
34 | Ocola Skipper | |||||||||||||
35 | Pepper and Salt Skipper | |||||||||||||
Family PAPILIONIDAE | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Last | |
36 | Pipevine Swallowtail | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 6 | ||||||||
37 | Zebra Swallowtail | 23 | 25 | 29 | 17 | |||||||||
38 | Black Swallowtail | 5 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
39 | Giant Swallowtail | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||
40 | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
41 | Spicebush Swallowtail | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
42 | Palamedes Swallowtail | |||||||||||||
Family PIERIDAE | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Last | |
43 | Cabbage Butterfly=Cabbage White | 29 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nov 4 | |||
44 | Falcate Orangetip | |||||||||||||
45 | Clouded Sulphur | 16 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Nov 4 | ||||
46 | Orange Sulphur | 21 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2 | |||
47 | Cloudless Sulphur | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Oct 23 | ||||||||
48 | Little Yellow | |||||||||||||
49 | Sleepy Orange | 22 | ||||||||||||
Family LYCAENIDAE | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Last | |
50 | Harvester | |||||||||||||
51 | American Copper | 29 | 28 | 2 | ||||||||||
52 | Coral Hairstreak | |||||||||||||
53 | Edward's Hairstreak | |||||||||||||
54 | Banded Hairstreak | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||
55 | Striped Hairstreak | |||||||||||||
56 | Red-banded Hairstreak | 29 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 18 | Oct 28 | |||||
57 | Juniper Hairstreak | |||||||||||||
58 | Brown Elfin | |||||||||||||
59 | Pine Elfin | 16 | ||||||||||||
60 | White-m Hairstreak | 16 | ||||||||||||
61 | Gray Hairstreak | 29 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Oct 28 | ||||||
62 | Eastern Tailed Blue | 23 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | Oct 28 | |||||
63 | Spring Azure | 29 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
64 | Northern Spring Azure | |||||||||||||
65 | Summer Azure | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
66 | Appalachian Azure | |||||||||||||
Family NYMPHALIDAE
Subfamily LIBYTHEINAE |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Last | |
67 | Snout Butterfly | 18 | 12 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
Subfamily HELICONIINAE | ||||||||||||||
68 | Variegated Fritillary | 28 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | Nov 4 | |||||
69 | Great Spangled Fritillary | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
70 | Aphrodite | |||||||||||||
71 | Meadow Fritillary | 28 | 1 | 4 | 15 | Oct 15 | ||||||||
Subfamily NYMPHALINAE | ||||||||||||||
72 | Pearl Crescent | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 28 | ||||||
73 | Baltimore | 2 | ||||||||||||
74 | Question Mark | 18 | 20 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
75 | (Eastern) Comma | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | Nov 4 | ||||||||
76 | Gray Comma | |||||||||||||
77 | Compton's Tortoiseshell | |||||||||||||
78 | Mourning Cloak | 23 | 29 | 5 | 28 | |||||||||
79 | Milbert's Tortoiseshell | |||||||||||||
80 | American Painted Lady | 10 | 18 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
81 | Painted Lady | 21 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nov 10 | ||||||
82 | Red Admiral | 22 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
83 | Buckeye | 14 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nov 13 | ||||||
84 | Red-spotted Purple | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||
85 | Viceroy | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
Subfamily APATURINAE | ||||||||||||||
86 | Hackberry Butterfly/Emperor | 11 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
87 | Tawny Emperor | 11 | 5 | |||||||||||
Subfamily SATYRINAE | ||||||||||||||
88 | Northern Pearly Eye | |||||||||||||
89 | Appalachian Brown | 28 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 18 Sep | ||||||||
90 | Little Wood Satyr | 24 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 Sep | ||||||||
91 | Common Ringlet | |||||||||||||
92 | Common Wood Nymph | |||||||||||||
Subfamily DANAINAE | ||||||||||||||
93 | Monarch | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 28 | |||||||
Monthly Totals | 2 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 1 | |||
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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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