Calephelis borealis

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Packera obovata.

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Achillea. A. millefolium, or common yarrow flower pictured.
Leucanthemum vulgare or ox-eye daisy flowers.
Rudbeckia hirta or black-eyed susan flowers.
Erigeron. E. annuus, or eastern daisy fleabane pictured.

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Hesperiidae	Achalarus lyciades (hoary edge) Amblyscirtes hegon (pepper and salt skipper) A. vialis (common roadside-skipper) Anatrytone logan (Delaware skipper) Ancyloxypha numitor (least skipper) Atalopedes campestris (sachem) Atrytonopsis hianna (dusted skipper) Autochton cellus (golden-banded skipper) Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper) Erynnis baptisiae (wild indigo duskywing) E. brizo (sleepy duskywing) E. horatius (Horace's duskywing) E. icelus (dreamy duskywing) E. juvenalis (Juvenal's duskywing) E. lucilius (columbine duskywing) E. martialis (mottled duskywing) persius (persius duskywing) Euphyes bimacula (two-spotted skipper) E. conspicua (black dash) E. vestris (dun skipper) Hesperia leonardus (Leonard's skipper) H. metea (cobweb skipper) H. sassacus (Indian skipper) Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) Lerema accius (clouded skipper) Nastra lherminier (swarthy skipper) Panoquina ocola (ocola skipper) Pholisora catullus (common sootywing) Poanes hobomok (Hobomok skipper) P. zabulon (Zabulon skipper) Polites mystic (long dash skipper) P. origenes (crossline skipper) P. peckius (Peck's skipper) P. themistocles (tawny-edged skipper) P. vibex (whirlabout) Pompeius verna (little glassywing) Pyrgus centaureae (grizzled skipper) P. communis (common checkered-skipper) Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst's Scallopwing) Thorybes bathyllus (southern cloudywing) T. confusis (confused cloudywing) T. pylades (northern cloudywing) Thymelicus lineola (European skipper) Urbanus proteus (long-tailed skipper) Wallengrenia egeremet (northern broken dash)
Lycaenidae	Atlides halesus (great purple hairstreak) Callophrys augustinus (brown elfin) C. irus (frosted elfin) C. gryneus (juniper hairstreak) C. henrici (Henry's elfin) C. niphon (eastern pine elfin) C. polios (hoary elfin) C. cecrops (red-banded hairstreak) C. ladon (spring azure) C. neglectamajor (Appalachian azure) C. nigra (dusky azure) Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed blue) Erora laeta (early hairstreak) Feniseca tarquinius (harvester) Glaucopsyche lygdamus (silvery blue) Lycaena epixanthe (bog copper) L. hyllus (bronze copper) L. phlaeas (American copper) Parrhasius m-album (white M hairstreak) Satyrium calanus (banded hairstreak) S. caryaevorum (hickory hairstreak) S. edwardsii (Edwards' hairstreak) S. favonius (southern hairstreak) S. liparops (striped hairstreak) S. titus (coral hairstreak) Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak)
Nymphalidae	Aglais milberti (Milbert's tortoiseshell) Asterocampa celtis (hackberry emperor) A. clyton (tawny emperor) Boloria bellona (meadow fritillary) B. selene (silver-bordered fritillary) Cercyonis pegala (common wood-nymph) Chlosyne gorgone (gorgone checkerspot) C. harrisii (Harris' checkerspot) C. nycteis (silvery checkerspot) Cyllopsis gemma (gemmed satyr) Danaus plexippus (monarch) Enodia anthedon (northern pearly-eye) Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore checkerspot) Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary) Hermeuptychia sosybius (Carolina satyr) Junonia coenia (common buckeye) Libytheana carinenta (American snout) Limenitis archippus (viceroy) L. arthemis (red-spotted purple) Megisto cymela (little wood satyr) Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak) N. vaualbum (Compton tortoiseshell) Phyciodes batesii (tawny crescent) P. cocyta (northern crescent) P. tharos (pearl crescent) Polygonia comma (eastern comma) P. faunus (green comma) P. interrogationis (question mark) P. progne (gray comma) Satyrodes appalachia (Appalachian brown) S. eurydice (eyed brown) S. aphrodite (Aphrodite fritillary) S. atlantis (Atlantis fritillary) S. cybele (great spangled fritillary) S. diana (diana fritillary) S. idalia (regal fritillary) Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) V. cardui (painted lady) V. virginiensis (American painted lady)
Papilionidae	Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail) Papilio canadensis (Canadian tiger swallowtail) P. cresphontes (giant swallowtail) P. glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail) P. polyxenes (black swallowtail) P. troilus (spicebush swallowtail) Protographium marcellus (zebra swallowtail)
Pieridae	Anthocharis midea (falcate orangetip) Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) C. interior (pink-edged sulphur) C. philodice (clouded sulphur) Euchloe olympia (Olympia marble) Eurema lisa (little yellow) E. nicippe (sleepy orange) Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur) Pieris rapae (cabbage white) P. virginiensis (West Virginia white) Pontia protodice (checkered white)
Riodinidae	Calephelis borealis (northern metalmark)

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