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Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)

	sphingid caterpillar © 2000 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae		tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae
	Virginia tiger moth (aka yellow woolybear) Spilosoma virginica © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Arctiidae		zebra longwing Heliconius charitonius tuckeri © 1997 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Heliconidae
	regal moth Citheronia regalis © 1999 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae		regal moth Citheronia regalis © 1999 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae
	gulf fritillary Agraulis vanillae © 1997 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae		giant swallowtail Papilio cresphontes © 1997 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae
	skipper butterfly caught by crab spider © 1996 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae		zebra longwing Heliconius charitonius tuckeri © 1997 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Heliconidae
	parasitized tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae		tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae
	tent caterpillar © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lasiocampidae		tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae
	dingy cutworm Feltia jaculifera © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae		corn earworm Helicoverpa zea © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae
	cloudless sulfur Phoebis sennae eubule © 1997 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pieridae		Delaware skipper Anatrytone logan logan © 1996 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae
	tent caterpillar © 2001 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lasiocampidae		Garita skipperling Oarisma garita © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae
	Florida viceroy Limenitis archippus floridensis © 1997 RKD Peterson		monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus © 1998 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Danaidae
	Attacus atlas moth © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae		Owl butterfly Caligo eurilochus © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera
	Heliconius melpomene © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera		Parthenos sylvia © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera
	Heliconius melpomene © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera		leafy spurge hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae © 2003 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae
	Gnophaela latipennis vermiculata © 2002 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Ctenuchidae		European skipper Thymelicus lineola © 2006 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae
	tent caterpillar © 2007 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lasiocampidae		tussock moth caterpillar © 2005 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lymantriidae
	leafy spurge hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae © 2003 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae		butterfly eggs © 2003 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera
	leafy spurge hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae © 2003 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae		leafy spurge hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae © 2003 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae
	western spruce budworm Choristoneura occidentalis © 2006 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae		western spruce budworm Choristoneura occidentalis © 2006 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae
	Chlosyne lacinia saundersi © 2004 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae		painted lady butterfly chrysalis Vanessa cardui © 2005 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae
	painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui © 2005 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae		painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui © 2005 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae
	western lady butterfly Cynthia annabella © 2005 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae		clouded sulfur Colias philodice © 2004 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pieridae
	large red-belted clearwing Synanthedon culiciformis © 2008 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sesiidae		eastern tent caterpillar © 2008 RKD Peterson Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lasiocampidae