Butterflies recorded in 2011 from 

the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia:

first observation January 29th January 29th1 February 15th2
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common name 1. American snout 2. sleepy orange 3. eastern comma
photo date  January 29th February 17th February 15th

1 Not photographed but, like the preceding American snout, witnessed by four observers on January 29th.

2 An individual of a Polygonia species had been observed in flight on January 29th, but it could have been a question mark.

 

first observation February 17th3 February 17th4 February 22nd
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common name 4. mourning cloak 5. question mark 6. red admiral
photo date  February 18th February 20th February 22nd

3 An individual was observed in flight on February 17th.

4 An individual Polygonia sp. was observed in flight on January 29th. The present species, Polygonia interrogationis, was photographed 2/17, but from an even worse angle than the red admiral that follows.

 

first observation February 23rd March 3rd5 March 8th
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common name 7. spring azure 8. eastern tiger swallowtail 9. Juvenal's duskywing
photo date  February 23rd March 8th March 8th

5 Observed in flight on March 3rd by F. M. Stiteler.

 

first observation March 11th March 11th March 11th6
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common name 10. falcate orangetip 11. cabbage white 12. orange sulphur
photo date  March 11th March 11th March 11th

6 An unidentified Colias sp. was observed on February 19th. Dorsal orange coloration of the photographed individual was visible in flight.

 

first observation

March 12th7

March 12th8

March 13th9

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common name 13. eastern pine elfin 14. great purple hairstreak 15. Henry's elfin
photo date  March 21st August 26th March 19th

7 Photographed nectaring high in a Callery pear (photos poor but definitive). In the more recent photo, obtaining mineral salts from a roadbed.

8 Nectaring March 12 in a Callery pear (distant and with the light at a bad angle, but photo definitive). Nectaring on Verbesina virginica in the August photo.

9 Photographed March 13th nectaring high in peach tree (photos poor but definitive).

 

first observation

March 16th

March 16th

March 17th

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common name 16. pearl crescent 17. zebra swallowtail 18. common buckeye
photo date  March 16th March 16th March 17th

 

first observation March 17th10 March 18th March 18th11
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common name 19. cloudless sulphur 20. sleepy duskywing 21. red-banded hairstreak
photo date  June 2nd March 18th March 25th

10 Observed in flight by F. M. Stiteler. Seen occasionally afterward but not photographed until June.

11 Observed March 18th by F. M. Stiteler.

 

first observation March 19th March 19th12 March 19th
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common name 22. common checkered-skipper 23. clouded sulphur 24. variegated fritillary
photo date  March 19th March 19th March 19th

12 No dorsal orange coloration was visible in flight of this and several other individuals seen at the same location, with one exception; this was considered to be an orange sulphur. Both species were photographed together

 

first observation

March 21st

March 21st

March 25th

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common name 25. gray hairstreak 26. American lady 27. silver-spotted skipper
photo date  March 21st March 21st March 25th

 

first observation March 25th March 31st April 2nd
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common name 28. eastern tailed-blue 29. gemmed satyr 30. Horace's duskywing
photo date  March 25th March 31st April 2nd

 

first observation

April 2nd April 2nd April 11th
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common name 31. Carolina satyr 32. pipevine swallowtail 33. black swallowtail
photo date  April 2nd April 2nd April 11th

 

first observation

April 12th April 12th April 17th13
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common name 34. red-spotted purple 35. monarch 36. spicebush swallowtail
photo date  April 12th April 12th May 20

13 Observed and identified through binoculars by F. M. Stiteler on April 17th.

 

first observation

April 19th April 19th April 19th
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common name 37. Zabulon skipper 38. southern pearly-eye 39. northern cloudywing
photo date  April 19th April 19th April 19th

 

first observation

April 19th14 April 21st May 1st
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common name 40. juniper hairstreak 41. southern cloudywing 42. summer azure
photo date  July 18th April 21st May 1st

14 The photograph of April 19th was poor but definitive.

 

first observation

May 1st May 2nd May 2nd
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common name 43. hoary edge 44. little wood-satyr 45. Gulf fritillary
photo date  May 1st May 2nd May 2nd

 

first observation

May 3rd May 3rd May 3rd
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common name 46. least skipper 47. clouded skipper 48. northern pearly-eye
photo date  May 3rd May 3rd May 3rd

 

first observation

May 5th May 5th May 5th
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common name 49. confused cloudywing 50. dun skipper 51. Creole pearly-eye
photo date  May 5th May 5th May 5th

 

first observation

May 7th May 7th May 11th
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common name 52. common sootywing 53. viceroy 54. Appalachian brown
photo date  May 7th May 7th May 11th

 

first observation

May 12th May 12th May 14th
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common name 55. banded hairstreak 56. "northern" oak hairstreak 57. striped hairstreak
photo date  May 12th May 12th May 14th

 

first observation

May 14th May 20th May 21st
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common name 58. little glassywing 59. fiery skipper 60. crossline skipper
photo date  May 14th May 20th May 21st

 

first observation

May 25th May 25th May 25th
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common name 61. whirlabout 62. coral hairstreak 63. tawny-edged skipper
photo date  May 25th May 25th May 25th

 

first observation

May 28th15 May 28th16 May 28th
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common name 64. southern broken-dash 65. northern broken-dash 66. Dion skipper
photo date  July 29th August 17th May 28th

15 Six adults observed on May 28th but none photographed.

16 One adult observed on May 28th but not photographed.

 

first observation

May 28th17 May 28th18 June 1st
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common name 67. lace-winged roadside-skipper 68. hackberry emperor 69. Delaware skipper
photo date  August 21st July 2nd June 1st

17 One adult observed on May 28th but not photographed.

18 Two adults observed but not photographed on May 28th.

 

first observation

June 3rd June 10th June 10th
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common name 70. white-M hairstreak 71. byssus skipper 72. Zarucco duskywing
photo date  June 3rd June 10th June 10th

 

first observation

July 2nd July 4th July 10th
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common name 73. sachem 74. common wood-nymph 75. southern skipperling 
photo date July 2nd July 4th July 10th

 

first observation

July 16th19 July 16th July 16th
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common name 76. Ocola skipper 77. Bell's roadside-skipper 78. Eufala skipper
photo date July 19th July 16th July 16th

19 One adult observed on July 16th but not photographed.

 

first observation

July 30th August 6th20 August 6th21
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Pierre Howard       

common name 79. long-tailed skipper 80. wild indigo duskywing! 81. swarthy skipper
photo date July 30th August 6th September 15th

20 One individual was reported from the Monastery property during the 11th annual Monastery-sponsored NABA Butterfly Count.

     New to the Monastery!

21 Two individuals were reported from the Monastery property during the 11th annual Monastery-sponsored NABA Butterfly Count.

 

first observation

August 6th August 13th22 August 17th
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Julia Maloney            

common name 82. checkered white 83. little yellow 84. great spangled fritillary 
photo date August 6th September 11, 2010 August 17th

22 One individual was observed on August 13th but not photographed.

 

 

 

 

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