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Auf der Seite "Schmetterlinge Nordamerikas" stelle ich die jeweils besten Schmetterlingsfotos meiner USA-Reisen vor. Die verschiedenen Arten werden innerhalb der Familien alphabetisch - ausgehend von der lateinischen Artbezeichnung - dargestellt.

Bisher gibt es folgende Arten zu sehen:

Familie: EDELFALTER (NYMPHALIDAE)

EDELFALTER

ADELPHA EULALIA (Arizona Sister)

Arizona sister
453 - Falter 3 - 10.06.2018 - Zion, Utah

Foto: Zion-Nationalpark, Utah, USA, Juni 2018 

ANARTIA JATROPHAE (White Peacock)

ANARTIA JATROPHAE
151 - White Peacock - 31.03.2013 - Everg

Foto: Everglades Nationalpark, Florida, USA, März 2018

003 - White Peacock - 14.03.2017 - BigCy

Foto: Big Cypress National Preserve, Ochopee, Florida, USA, März 2017 

ANTHANASSA TEXANA (Texas Crescent)

ANTHANASSA TEXANA

Foto: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA, April 2022

ARGAULIS VANILLAE (Gulf Fritillary)

ARGAULIS VANILLAE
103 - Gulf Frittilary - 18.03.2018 - Big

Foto: Big Cypress National Preserve, Ochopee, Florida, USA, März 2017 

ASTEROCAMPA CELTIS (Hackberry Emporer)

ASTEROCAMPA CELTIS

Foto: Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

ASTEROCAMPA LEILA (Empress Leila)

ASTEROCAMPA LEILA (Empress Leila)
165wx - Empress Leilia - Asterocampa leilia - Big Bend NP - 16.04.2022 (1 von 1).jpg

Foto: Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

BOLORIA BELLONA (Meadow Fritillary)

BOLORIA BELLONA (Meadow Fritillary)
143wx -  Boloria belllona - 21-07-25 - East Park WMA.jpg

Foto: East Park Wildlife Management Area, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025

BOLORIA EPITHORE (Pacific Fritillary)

BOLORIA EPITHORE
100 - Pacific frittilaryr1 - 16.06.2018-

Foto: Sequoia-Nationalpark, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018 

CERYCONIS PEGALA (Common Wood-nymph)

CERYCONIS PEGALA
110wx - Ceryconis pegala - Wakopa WMA - 25.07.2025.jpg

Foto: Wakopa Wildlife Management Area, North Dakota, USA, Juli 2025 

Foto: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

CHLOSYNE NYCTEIS (Silvery Checkerspot)

CHLOSYNE NYCTEIS

Foto: Davy Crockett National Forest, Texas, USA, April 2022

CYLLOPSIS GEMMA (Gemmed Satyr)

CYLLOPSIS GEMMA (Gemmed Satyr)
100 - Gemmed satyr - 26.03.2018 - o leno

Foto: O´Leno- State Park, High Springs, Florida, USA, März 2018

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS (Monarch)

Monarch
102 - Monarch - 25.03.2018 - St. Marks (

Foto: Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, März 2018

Foto: Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

DRYUS IULIA (Julia Butterfly)

DRYUS IULIA (Julia Butterfly)
001 - Julia - Everglades - 11.03.2017.jp

Foto: Everglades Nationalpark, Florida, USA, März 2017 

EUPHYDRYAS ANICIA (Anicia Checkerspot)

EUPHYDRIAS ANICIA
100 - Anicia checkerspot - 10.06.2018 -

Foto: Zion-Nationalpark, Utah, USA, Juni 2018 

EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA (Ediths Checkerspot)

EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA (Ediths Checkerspot)
301 - Ediths checkerspot - 10.06.2018 -

Foto: Zion-Nationalpark, Utah, USA, Juni 2018 

EUPTOIETA CLAUDIA (Variegated Fritillary)

EUPTOIETA CLAUDIA (Variegated Fritillary)
201 - Variegated frittilary - 09.07.2019

Foto: Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado, USA, Juli 2019 

HELICONIUS CHARITHONIA (Zebra Heliconian, Zebrafalter)

HELICONIUS CHARITHONIA
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Foto: Tiger Creek Preserve, Frostproof, Florida, USA, März 2017 

JUNONIA COENIA (Common Buckeye)

JUNONIA COENIA (Common Buckeye)
100 - common buckeye - 23.03.2018 - FlyE

Foto: Flying Eagle Preserve, Inverness, Florida, USA, März 2018 

500 - Common buckeye - 17.06.2018 - ashw

Foto: Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018

147wx- C. buckeye - Junonia coenia - Davy Crockett NF - 21.04.2022 (1 von 1) (1 von 1).jpg

Foto: Davy Crockett National Forest, Texas, USA, April 2022

JUNONIA GENOVEVA (Mangrove Buckeye)

JUNONIA GENOVEVA (Mangrove Buckeye)

004 - Mangrove Buckeye - Everglades - 11

Foto: Everglades Nationalpark, Florida, USA, März 2017 

LETHE ANTHEDON (Pearly-eye Butterfly)

LETHE ANTHEDON
250wx - Lethe antedon - Wakopa WMA - 25.07.2025.jpg

Foto: Wakopa Wildlife Management Area, North Dakota, USA, Juli 2025 

LIMENITIS ARCHIPPUS (Viceroy, Vizekönig)

LIMENITES ARCHIPPUS (Viceroy, Vizekönig)
600- viceroy - 29.03.2018 - Harbor (1 vo

Foto: Charlotte Harbor State Park, Florida, USA, März 2018 

350wx - Limenitis archippus - Snake River County Pk. - 29.07.2025.jpg

Foto: Snake River County Park, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

LIMENITIS ARTHEMIS (White Admiral)

LIMENITIS ARTHEMIS (White Admiral)

Foto: Bowstring State Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

Foto: Bowstring State Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

100 -Weid. Admiral - Metigoshe - 25.06.2

Foto: Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, USA, Juni 2019 

LIMENITIS WEIDEMEYERII (Weidemeyers Admiral)

LIMENITES WEIDEMEYERII (Weidemeyers Admiral)
120 - Weid. Admiral - Middle Fork - 05.0

Foto: Middle Fork State Wildlife Area, Ogden, Utah, USA, Juli 2019 

MEGISTO CYMELA (Little Wood Satyr)

MEGISTO CYMELA (Little Wood Satyr)
100 - Little Wood Satyr - Lake Metigoshe

Foto: Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, USA, Juni 2019 

NYMPHALIS CALIFORNICA (California Tortoiseshell)

NYMPHALIS CALIFORNICA (California Tortoiseshell)
100 -  California tortoiseshell Fuchs- 1

Foto: Sequoia-Nationalpark, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018 

PHYCIODES MYLITTA (Mylitta Crescent)

PHYCIODES MYLITTA (Mylitta Crescent)
100 - Mylitta Crescent - Lake Metigoshe

Foto: Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, USA, Juni 2019 

PHYCIODES PALLIDUS (Pale Crescent)

PHYCIODES PALLIDUS (Pale Crescent)
100 - Pale crescent - Badlands NP - 23.0

Foto: Badlands Nationalpark, South Dakota, USA, Juni 2019 

201 - Pale Crescent - Lake Metigoshe SP

Foto: Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, USA, Juni 2019 

PHYCIODES THAROS (Pearl Crescent)

PHYCIODES THAROS (Pearl Crescent)
200 - Pearl Crescent - 25.03.2018 - St.

Foto: Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, März 2018

POLYGONIA COMMA (Eastern Comma)

POLYGONIA COMMA (Estern Comma)
230wx - Polygonia comma - 21-07-25 - Tu Mou Ft WMA.jpg

Foto: Turtle Mountain Forest Wildlife Management Area, North Dakota, USA, Juli 2025 

POLYGONIA INTERROGATIONIS (Question Mark)

POLYGONIA INTERROGATIONIS (Question Mark)
770 - Polygonia interrogationis - 22.03.

Foto: Richloam Wildlife Management Area, Webster, Florida, USA, März 2018 

POLYGONIA PROGNE (Gray Comma)

POLYGONIA PROGNE (Gray Comma)

Foto: Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

VANESSA ATALANTA (Red Admiral, Admiral)

VANESSA ATALANTA (Red Admiral, Admiral)
450wx - Admiral - 31.07.2025 - Sherburne NWR.jpg

Foto: Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

American Lady

VANESSA VIRGINIENSIS (American Lady, Amerikanischer Distelfalter)

850 - Amerik. Distelfalter - 22.03.2018

Foto: Richloam Wildlife Management Area, Webster, Florida, USA, März 2018 

Familie: RITTERFALTER (PAPILIONIDAE)

Ritterfalter
Blue Swallowtail

BATTUS PHILENOR (Blue Swallowtail)

003 - Blue Swallowtail - Tiger Creek - 1

Foto: Tiger Creek Preserve, Frostproof, Florida, USA, März 2017 

PAPILIO EYRYMEDON (Pale Swallowtail)

PAPILIO EYRYMEDON (Pale Swallowtail)
200 - Blasser Schwalbenschwanz - 19.06.2

Foto: Yosemite Nationalpark, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018 

PAPILIO GLAUCUS (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)

PAPILIO GLAUCUS (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)
155wx - Papilio glaucus - 31.07.2025 - Elm Creek Pk.jpg

Foto: Elm Creek Park, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

Foto: White Earth State Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025 

005 - eastern tiger - 16.03.2017 - Chick

Foto: Lake of the Arbuckles, Sulphur, Florida, USA, März 2017

PAPILIO MACHAON (Zebra Swallowtail)

PAPILIO MACHAON (Zebra Swallowtail)
500 - Zebraschwalbenschwanz - 20.03.2018

Foto: Collier-Seminole State Park, Florida, USA, März 2017 

PAPILIO PALAMEDES (Palamedes Swallowtail)

P. PALAMEDES (Palamedes Swallowtail)
100 - Palamedes - 22.03.2018 - Richloam

Foto: Richloam Wildlife Management Area, Webster, Florida, USA, März 2018 

PAPILIO POLYXENES (English Black Swallowtail)

P. POLYXENES (English Black Swallowtail)

Foto: Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

Foto: Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

PAPILIO RUMIKO (Western Giant Swallowtail)

PAPILIO RUMIKO (Western Giant Swallowtail)

Foto: Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA, April 2022

PAPILIO RUTULUS (Western Tiger Swallowtail)

P. RUTULUS (Western Tiger Swallowtail)
400 - Tiger - Middle Fork - 05.07.2019 (

Foto: Middle Fork State Wildlife Area, Ogden, Utah, USA, Juli 2019 

PAPILIO TROILUS (Spicebush Swallowtail)

P. TROILUS (Spicebush Swallowtail)

Foto: Davy Crockett National Forest, Texas, USA, April 2022

PAPILIO ZELICAON (Anise Swallowtail)

PAPILIO ZELICAON (Anise Swallowtail)
200 - Anise Swallowtail - 15.06.2018- Se

Foto: Sequoia-Nationalpark, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018 

PARNASSIUS APOLLO (Parnassius apollo)

PARNASSIUS APOLLO (Parnassius apollo)
112 - xxx - Medicine Bow National Forest

Foto: Medicine Bow National Forest, Laramie, Wyoming, USA, Juli 2019 

P. clodius American Apollo

PARNASSIUS CLODIUS (American Apollo)

600 - Amerik. Apollo - 23.06.2018 - Lass

Foto: Lassen Volcanic Nationalpark, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018

Familie: WEISSLINGE (PIERIDAE)

Weißlinge
Alfalfa

COLIAS EURYTHEME (Alfalfa Butterfly)

095wx - Alfalfa Butterfly - Colias eurytheme xxx - Brazos Bend SP - 27.04.2022 (1 von 1).j

Foto: Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

150wx - Colias eurytheme - 21-07-25 - East Park WMA.jpg

Foto: East Park Wildlife Management Area, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025

COLIAS PHILODICE (Clouded Sulphur)

COLIAS PHILODICE (Clouded Sulphur)

Foto: Land O Lakes State Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025

NATHALIS IOLE (Dainty Sulphur)

NATHALIS IOLE (Dainty Sulphur)

Foto: Inks Lake State Park, Texas, USA, April 2022

PIERIS OLERACEA (White Mustard)

PIERIS OLERACEA (White Mustard)

Foto: Land O Lakes State Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025

Familie: BLÄULINGE (LYCAENIDAE)

Bläulinge

CALYCOPIS ISOBEON (Dusky Blue Groundstreak)

CALYCOPIS ISOBEON

Foto: Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA, April 2022

California Hairstreak

SATYRIUM CALIFORNICA (California Hairstreak)

300 - California hairstreak - 19.06.2018

Foto: Yosemite-Nationalpark, Kalifornien, USA, Juni 2018 

Familie: EULENFALTER (EREBIDAE)

Eulenfalter

CTENUCHA VIRGINICA (Virginia Ctenucha Moth)

CTENUCHA VIRGINICA

Foto: Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, USA, Juli 2025

Familie: WURZELBOHRER (HEPIALIIDAE)

WURZELBOHRER

STENOPIS PURPURASCENS (Four-spotted Ghost Moth)

STENOPIS PURPURASCENS (Four-spotted Ghost Moth)

Foto: Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, USA, Juli 2025

Familie: DICKKOPFFALTER (HESPERIDAE)

Familie: DICKKOPFFALTER (HESPERIDAE)

PHOCIDES PIGMALION (Mangrove Skipper)

PHOCIDES PIGMALION (Mangrove Skipper)
001 -Mangrove Skipper - 14.03.2017 - Big

Foto: Big Cypress National Preserve, Ochopee, Florida, USA, März 2017 

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