Online Field Guide: Barrens Species

• Brush-footed Butterflies
• Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
• Chryxus Arctic (Oeneis chryxus)
• Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii)


• Harvesters, Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues
• Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)
• Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus)
• Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios)
• Northern Blue (Lycaeides idas nabokovi)
• Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)


• Whites and Sulphurs
• Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior)
• Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)


• Skippers
• Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna)
• Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)
• Columbine Duskywing (Erynnis lucilius)
• Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
• Persius Duskywing (Erynnis persius)
• Laurentian Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Leonard's Skipper (Hesperia leonardus)
• Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)
• Indian Skipper (Hesperia sassacus)


• Owlet moths
• Ernestine's Moth (Phytometra ernestinana)
• Pink Sallow (Psectraglaea carnosa)
• Bina Flower Moth (Schinia bina)
• Phlox Moth (Schinia indiana)
• A Noctuid Moth (Selicanis cinereola)


• Sphinx moths
• Graceful Clearwing (Hemaris gracilis)


• Tiger moths
• Phyllira tiger moth (Grammia phyllira)
• Sprague' s Pygarctia (Pygarctia spraguei)

Note: these pages have been re-organized to provide consistency with the other species pages on the Wisconsin DNR Web site.