Adirondack Butterflies and Moths:
Butterflies and Moths in the Paul Smiths VIC Butterfly House*
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| Name | Sighting Records** |
| Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua) | |
| American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana) | |
| American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) | 7/12/12; 7/30/12; 8/4/12; 8/11/12 |
| Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) | 7/18/12; 7/18/12; 7/19/12; 7/28/12; 8/8/12; 8/20/12, 6/26/13, 6/27/13, 6/29/13, 7/18/13 8/21/13 |
| Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis) | 6/16/12; 7/12/12; 7/30/12, 7/6/13, 7/12/13, 7/15/13, 7/15/13, 7/18/13, 7/22/13, 7/22/13, 8/5/13, 8/5/13, 8/12/13 |
| Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) | |
| Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) | 8/8/12; 9/1/12 |
| Blinded sphinx (Paonias excaecata) | |
| Bog Copper (Lycaena epixanthe) | |
| Brown-hooded Owlet (Cucullia convexipennis) | |
| Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) | 6/16/12; 6/16/12; 7/25/12; 9/1/12; 9/9/12, 7/6/13, 7/6/13 |
| Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) | 6/9/12; 6/9/12; 6/14/12; 6/16/12, 6/19/13 |
| Cecropia Silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) | 6/16/12, 6/26/13, 7/6/13 |
| Cherry Dagger Moth (Acronicta hasta) | |
| Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) | 6/16/12, 7/18/13, 7/18/13, 7/18/13, 7/27/13, 7/27/13, 8/10/13 |
| Columbia Silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia) | 6/3/11 |
| Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) | 8/25/12; 8/25/12 |
| Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) | 6/15/13, 6/25/13 |
| Contracted Datana (Datana contracta) | |
| Definite Tussock Moth (Orgyia definita) | |
| Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas) | 9/9/12; 9/9/12 |
| Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii) | |
| Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) | |
| European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) | |
| Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice) | |
| Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea) | |
| False Crocus Geometer (Xanthotype urticaria) | |
| Fingered Dagger Moth (Acronicta dactylina) | |
| Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) | 8/4/12; 8/4/12, 8/12/13, 8/19/13 |
| Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) | 8/18/12, 8/25/12, 8/26/12, 7/6/13, 7/15/13, 7/22/13, 7/27/13, 7/31/13 |
| Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) | |
| Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) | 6/20/13 |
| Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok) | 6/9/12; 6/14/12, 6/18/13, 6/19/13, 6/20/13 |
| Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) | 8/4/12; 8/4/12, 7/10/13 |
| Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) | |
| Little Lined Underwing (Catocala lineella) | |
| Luna Moth (Actias luna) | 6/14/12, 6/28/12, 6/30/12, 6/14/13, 7/6/13 |
| Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti) | |
| Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetes egle) | |
| Modest Sphinx (Pachysphinx modesta) | 6/9/12 |
| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) | 6/16/12; 6/30/12; 7/10/12; 7/18/12; 7/30/12; 8/4/12; 8/8/12; 8/20/12; 8/20/12; 8/25/12; 9/1/12; 9/1/12, 7/27/13, 7/31/13, 8/21/13, 8/21/13 |
| Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) | |
| Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta) | 7/30/12; 7/30/12, 6/25/13 |
| Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon) | 7/10/13 |
| Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) | 6/23/12; 6/28/12; 6/30/12, 7/28/12 |
| Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) | 7/19/12; 7/19/12; 8/20/12; 8/20/12; 8/25/12; 8/25/12; 8/25/12; 9/1/12 |
| Parthenice Tiger Moth (Grammia parthenice) | |
| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) | 6/20/13, 6/25/13, 6/25/13 |
| Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior) | 7/6/13, 7/12/13, 7/12/13 |
| Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) | |
| Promethea Silkmoth (Callosamia promethea) | 6/16/12 |
| Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) | 6/13/12 |
| Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) | 8/4/12; 8/4/12; 8/25/12; 9/1/12; 9/1/12; 9/9/12 |
| Red-humped Caterpillar Moth (Schizura concinna) | |
| Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) | 6/14/12, 7/15/13 |
| Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) | 6/16/12, 6/15/13, 8/5/13, 8/10/13 |
| Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) | |
| Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops) | |
| Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) | |
| Spotted Tussock Moth (Lophocampa maculata) | 6/19/13, 6/20/13, 6/20/13 |
| St. Lawrence Tiger Moth (Platarctia parthenos) | |
| Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) | 7/27/13 |
| Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) | 6/25/13 |
| Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo) | |
| Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) | 7/18/13 |
| Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica) | |
| Waved sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) | |
| Wavy-lined Heterocampa (Heterocampa biundata) | |
| White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis) | 6/16/12; 6/28/12; 6/30/12, 7/6/13, 7/12/13, 7/12/13 |
| White Furcula (Furcula borealis) | |
| Yellow-haired Dagger Moth (Acronicta impleta) |
*Source: Susan Grimm Hanley. Interpretive Naturalist, Paul Smiths VIC Native Species Butterfly House. Species Logbooks.
** Sightings at the Paul Smith's College VIC documented by photographs and included in sighting records on the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) web site.