Sightings in 2006    (61 species)      (09/26/06)
 

Berks County, Pennsylvania - 2006  Family HESPERIIDAE 1 Silver-spotted Skipper       04/27/06 2 Hoary Edge  3 Northern Cloudywing       05/29/06 4 Dreamy Duskywing 5 Sleepy Duskywing             04/11/06 6 Juvenal's Duskywing        04/11/06 7 Horace's Duskywing         04/27/06 8 Wild Indigo Duskywing  05/30/06 9 Checkered Skipper           05/03/06 10 Common Sootywing      08/18/06 11 Swarthy Skippper          07/29/06 12 Least Skipper                 08/05/06 13 European Skipper          06/09/06 14 Fiery Skipper 15 Leonard's Skipper 16 Cobweb Skipper           05/03/06 17 Indian Skipper 18 Peck's Skipper              05/20/06 19 Tawny-edged Skipper  08/01/06 20 Crossline Skipper         06/__/06 21 Long Dash 22 Northern  Broken Dash  summer 23 Little Glassy Wing        06/22/06 24 Sachem                           05/27/06 25 Delaware Skipper         07/o8/06 26 Mulberry Wing  27 Hobomok Skipper      05/19/06 28 Zabulon Skipper        05/24/06 29 Broad-winged Skipper  07/23/06 30 Black Dash  31 Dun Skipper                08/05/06 32 Ocola Skipper   Family PAPILIONIDAE 33 Pipevine Swallowtail      08/12/05  34 Zebra Swallowtail 35 Black Swallowtail           04/29/06 36 Tiger Swallowtail            04/06/6 37 Spicebush Swallowtail    04/27/06 38 Giant Swallowtail        Family PIERIDAE  39 Cabbage Butterfly           03/23/06 40 Clouded Sulphur           05/05/06 41 Orange Sulphur              04/27/06 42 Sleepy Orange                 08/12/06

Family LYCAENIDAE 43 American Copper        04/27/06 44 Banded Hairstreak      06/22/06 45 Striped Hairstreak        06/22/06  46 Red-banded Hairstreak 08/22/06 47 Brown Elfin                   04/03/06 48 White-m Hairstreak      05/01/06 49 Gray Hairstreak           07/03/06 50 Eastern Tailed Blue      04/27/06 51 Spring Azure                03/29/06 52 Summer Azure             05/31/06 53 Appalachian Azure      05/27/06 Family LIBYTHEIDAE 54 Snout Butterfly            08/15/08  Family NYMPHALIDAE 55 Variegated Fritillary     08/05/06 56 Great Spangled Fritillary  05/31/06 57 Aphrodite  58 Meadow Fritillary          04/30/06 59 Pearl Crescent                 04/29/06 60 Baltimore  61 Question Mark                 05/24/06 62 Comma                              03/07/06 63 Gray Comma  64 Mourning Cloak               03/08/06 65 American Painted Lady  05/20/06 66 Painted Lady                    05/20/06 67 Red Admiral                  08/05/06 68 Buckeye                          08/08/06 69 Red-spotted Purple       05/27/06      A Banded Purple (Red-spotted Purple with white band which resembles White Admiral) was seen this year. This is a rare sighting. Pennsylvania is in the blend zone of these two subspecies. 70 Viceroy                              08/08/06 Subfamily APATURINAE 71 Hackberry Butterfly        06/08/06 72 Tawny Emperor              07/10/06  Subfamily SATYRINAE 73 Northern Pearly Eye  74 Appalachian Eyed Brown  08/08/06 75 Little Wood Satyr           05/28/06 76 Common Wood Nymph   Subfamily DANAINAE 77 Monarch                          05/27/06

For species seen in 2003 see Butterflies of Berks County 2003.
For species seen in 2004 see Butterflies of Berks County 2004.
For species seen in 2005 see Butterflies of Berks County 2005.
For species seen in 2007 see Butterflies of Berks County 2007.
For species seen in 2008 see Butterflies of Berks County 2008.
 
 

A site with data on butterfly distributions by county for North America can be found at North American Butterflies. This government sponsored site is updated about once a year, although it is currently behind for many states. 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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