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 American Snout
Libytheana carinenta
bachmanii [CBIF]
Wingspan: 41 to 51 mm
Larval food: Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
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 Question Mark
Polygonia interrogationis [CBIF]
Wingspan: 45 to 68 mm
Larval food: Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica), elm (Ulmus spp.), or Hops (Humulus lupulus)
Flight season: 2 generations a year: mid-June to early July and late July or early August to mid-September.
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Eastern Comma Polygonia comma [CBIF]
Wingspan: 37 to 56 mm
Larval food: Stinging nettles (Urtica spp.), Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis), elm (Ulmus spp.), and Hops (Humulus lupulus)
Flight season: April through to mid-October (2 generations)
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Compton Tortoiseshell Nymphalis vau-album [CBIF]
Wingspan: 52 to 70 mm
Larval food: Willow (Salix spp.), birch (Betula spp.), and poplar (Populus spp.)
Flight season: 1 generation, appears in July or August; adults overwinter
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 Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa [CBIF]
Wingspan: 45 to 79 mm
Larval food: Willow (Salix spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), cottonwood (Populus spp.), and hackberry (Celtis spp.)
Flight season: 2 generations: June to July; and August to October. Adults overwinter.
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Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti [CBIF]
Wingspan: 34 to 52 mm
Larval food: Stinging nettles (Urtica spp.)
Flight season: April to October (possibly 3 generations) 
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American Lady Vanessa virginiensis [CBIF]
Wingspan: 37 to 56 mm
Larval food: Everlastings and cudweeds (Gnaphalium, Antennaria, and Anaphalis spp.)
Flight season: Migrates here in May. The second and third generations are seen from June to September.
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 Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui [CBIF]
Wingspan: 42 to 66 mm
Larval food: Thistles (Cirsium and Carduus spp.), knapweed (Centaurea spp.), burdocks (Arctium spp.), sunflowers (Helianthus spp.), and wormwood (Artemisia spp.)
Flight season: 2 or 3 generations: arrives in May; locally emerging butterflies seen from June to October.
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 Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta [CBIF]
Wingspan: 45 to 57 mm
Larval food: Stinging nettle (Urtica spp.) and Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
Flight season: 2 or 3 generations: arrive in May; seen until September.
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 Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele [CBIF]
Wingspan: 62 to 88 mm
Larval food: Violets
Flight season: June to September (most common in July)
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 Atlantis Fritillary
Speyeria atlantis [CBIF]
Wingspan: 50 to 64 mm
Larval food: Violets
Flight season: June to late August (most common in July)
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Northern Crescent Phyciodes cocyta [CBIF]
Wingspan: 25 to 35 mm
Larval food: Asters
Flight season: Mid-June to mid-July
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White Admiral Limenitis arthemis [CBIF]
Wingspan: 47 to 78 mm
Larval food: Willow (Salix spp.), aspen, and poplar (Populus spp.)
Flight season: June to August (partial second generation into September)
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 Viceroy
Limenitis archippus [CBIF]
Wingspan: 53 to 81 mm
Larval food: Willow (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus spp.)
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Northern Pearly-Eye
Enodia anthedon [CBIF]
Wingspan: 43 to 53 mm
Larval food: Woodland grasses, including Bearded Shortgrass (Brachyelytrum erectum) and False Melic Grass (Schizachne purpurascens)
Flight season: Mid-June to early August (1 generation a year)
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 Little Wood-Satyr
Megisto cymela [CBIF]
Wingspan: 29 to 42 mm
Larval food: Grasses
Flight season: Early June to late July (most common in late June); 1 generation a year
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Common Ringlet Coenonympha tullia [CBIF]
Wingspan: 27 to 39 mm
Larval food: Grasses
Flight season: Late May to early July
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Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala nephele [CBIF]
Wingspan: 38 to 58 mm
Larval food: Wild Oats (Avena fatua), Purpletop Grass (Tridens flavus) and bluestem (Andropogon spp.)
Flight season: Late June to early September
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