There are lots of Butterflies n’ Blooms to see at the Zoo this summer!
Use this list to brush up on your butterfly knowledge. If you can’t remember them all, that’s ok! ID signs will be available for you inside the butterfly exhibit with information about the species currently flying. As the summer progresses, the butterflies will change! You’ll want to visit again and again. Butterflies subject to change without notice. Exhibit open weather permitting.
SPECIES YOU MAY SEE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER:
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta |
Painted LadyVanessa cardui |
MonarchDanaus plexippus |
Spicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilus |
Eastern Black SwallowtailPapilio polyxenes |
Zebra SwallowtailEurytides marcellus |
BuckeyeJunonia coenia |
Pipevine SwallowtailBattus philenor |
Eastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucus |
Giant SwallowtailPapilio cresphontes |
CommaPolygonia comma |
Question MarkPolygonia interrogationis |
Orange SulphurColias eurytheme |
Red Spotted PurpleLimenitis arthemis |
Gulf FritillaryAgraulis vanilae |
Great Spangled FritillarySpeyeria cybele |