SOUTH FLORIDA BUTTERFLIES

South Florida Species

Over 100 species are recorded for Lake Okeechobee through the Florida Keys. Click here for a Butterfly List.

Tricky Identifications

Some butterflies are easy to identify; nothing else looks at all like a Gulf Fritillary or the Florida State Butterfly, the Zebra Heliconian.  But help is often needed for other groups and it is offered by a series of helpful articles by Linda and Buck Cooper that appeared in the newsletter of the Itala Chapter-NABA in Palm Beach County.  Check the following links for help with:

• Differentiating the commonly seen Tropical-Checkered Skipper from the less commonly seen Common Checkered Skipper: click and go to page 6 at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/December2003.pdf

• Distinguishing Longtail from Dorantes Skippers: click and go to page 2 at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/June2004.pdf

• Identifying the large sulphurs: click and go to page 2 at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/winterspring2005.pdf

• Identifying the smaller sulphurs: click and go to page 2 at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/winterspring2005.pdf

• Distinguishing Fiery Skippers from Whirlabouts: click and go to page 2 at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/winspr2006.pdf

• Telling the Milkweed Butterflies apart: click and go to page 2 at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/summerfall2006.pdf