Butterflies of Virginia

  

   There are six families of butterflies that live, at least some of the year, in Virginia.  Click on the family name below to find pictures and information on each family.

 

Swallow tails

Whites and Sulphurs

Gossamer-wing Butterflies

Metalmarks

Brush-footed Butterflies

Skippers

 

 

 

All the information about the butterfly families are from the Butterflies of North America website: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.html