1. Introduction to Butterflies
Honors Biology 1st Quarter Mini Project

2. What is a butterfly? Organisms of the Class Insecta
Together with moths form the Order Lepidoptera from the Greek Lepis, scale, and pteron, wing
2 superfamilies: true butterflies, Papillonidae and skippers, Hesperidae

3. Papillonidae 6 families
Swallowtails- large with projection-like tails from hind wing, < 30 species in North America
Whites and sulphurs- 55 species in North America, small or medium size, white or yellow
Gossamer wings- 100 species in NA, small butterflies, such as blues, hairstreaks and coppers

4. Papillonidae continued
Metalmarks-24 species in NA, shiny metallic markings
Brushfoots-150 species in NA, diverse group includes fritillaries, crescents, satyrs and milkweed butterflies
Snouts- 2 species in NA, have long snouts

5. Skippers
250 species in NA
Small to medium size with triangular wings and fuzzy thick bodies

6. Let’s try to classify these Butterflies
Use their family name

7. Clouded sulfur

8. Red spotted purple

9. Northern pearly eye

10. Gray hairstreak

11. Also gray hairstreak

12. Zebra swallowtail

13. Eastern tailed blue

14. Azue

15. Buckeye

16. Monarch

17. European Cabbage

18. Painted Lady

19. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

20. Spicebush swallowtail

21. Orange sulfur

22. Variegated frittalary

23. Pearl crescent

24. Silver spotted skipper

25. Common checkered skipper

26. Crossline skipper

27. Also crossline skipper

28. Butterfly Behavior Basking Puddling Feeding
Specialists-only 1 or 2 food sources
Generalists- many food sources

29. Habitat Preference Field or meadow Forest
Tend to hover around flowers and are brightly colored
Forest
Tend to prefer poop and are brownish

30. Butterfly Predators Mostly birds Some small mammals
Protected by adaptations:
Color, bright or brown
Flight pattern
Flight speed
Eyespots and other markings on wings

31. Good Luck
I hope you have fun with this