Other species, referred to as "strays", may be found in Florida. Strays are butterflies that are outside their breeding range and in an area that is not usually part of their migration. They may actually breed in the new locale for a season or even several years. Strays in Florida are usually found in the extreme southern part of the state.
The Zebra Longwing, one of the brushfooted butterflies, is Florida's state butterfly.
Click on a subfamily name to view information about the butterflies in that subfamily, including where each species can be found and what they eat.
In the subfamily listings, a
next to the name of a butterfly is a link to a photograph of the butterfly.
In the subfamily listings, a
next to the name of a butterfly is a link to a photograph of the butterfly.| Swallowtails (Papilionidae) | ||
| Swallowtails (Subfamily Papilioninae) | ||
| Androgeus Swallowtail Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Giant Swallowtail Gold Rim Palamedes Swallowtail Pipevine Swallowtail |
Schaus' Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Zebra Swallowtail |
| Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) | ||
| Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae) | ||
| Barred Yellow Clouded Sulphur Cloudless Sulphur Dainty Sulphur Dina Yellow |
Lyside Sulphur Large Orange Sulphur Little Yellow Mimosa Yellow Orange Barred Sulphur |
Orange Sulphur Sleepy Orange Southern Dogface Statira Sulphur |
| Whites (Subfamily Pierinae) | ||
| Cabbage White Checkered White |
Falcate Orangetip Florida White |
Great Southern White |
| Brushfoots (Nymphalidae) | ||
| Milkweeds (Subfamily Danainae) | ||
| Monarch |
Queen |
Soldier |
| Satyrs (Subfamily Satyrinae) | ||
| Appalachian Brown Carolina Satyr Common Wood-Nymph |
Gemmed Satyr Georgia Satyr Little Wood Satyr |
Southern Pearly Eye Viola's Wood Satyr |
| Goatweeds (Subfamily Charaxinae) | ||
| Florida Leafwing |
Goatweed Leafwing |
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| Emperors (Subfamily Apaturinae) | ||
| Hackberry Emperor |
Tawny Emperor |
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| True Brush-foots (Subfamily Nymphalinae) | ||
| American Painted Lady Buckeye Cuban Crescent Dingy Purplewing Eastern Comma Florida Purplewing Malachite |
Mourning Cloak Pearl Crescent Phaon Crescent Question Mark Red Admiral Red Spotted Purple Ruddy Daggerwing |
Seminole Texas Crescent Silvery Checkerspot Tropical Buckeye Viceroy White Peacock |
| Longwings and Fritillaries (Subfamily Heliconiinae) | ||
| Gulf Fritillary |
Julia Variegated Fritillary |
Zebra Longwing |
| Snouts (Libytheidae) | ||
| Snouts (Subfamily Libytheinae) | ||
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Snout Butterfly |
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| Metalmarks (Riodinidae) | ||
| Metalmarks (Subfamily Riodininae) | ||
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Little Metalmark |
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| Gossamer-Wings (Lycaenidae) | ||
| Harvesters (Subfamily Miletinae) | ||
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Harvester |
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| Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae) | ||
| Amethyst Hairstreak Atala Banded Hairstreak Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak Coral Hairstreak Eastern Pine Elfin Fulvous Hairstreak |
Gray Hairstreak Great Purple Hairstreak Henry's Elfin Hessel's Hairstreak King's Hairstreak Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Martial Scrub-Hairstreak |
Red-banded Hairstreak Silver Banded Hairstreak Southern Hairstreak Striped Hairstreak Sweadner's Juniper Hairstreak Tiny Hairstreak White M Hairstreak |
| Blues (Subfamily Polyommatinae) | ||
| Cassius Blue Ceraunus Blue |
Eastern Pygmy-Blue Eastern Tailed-Blue |
Miami Blue Spring Azure |
