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New Hampshire Insects

dragonfly
Endangered in NH Endangered in N.H.
Threatened in NH Threatened in N.H.
introduced Introduced
Endangered in the US Endangered in U.S.
Threatened in the US Threatened in U.S.
lepidoptera

butterflyFamily: Hesperiidae
Arctic Skipper
Delaware Skipper
Dun Skipper
European Skipper introduced
Hoary Edge
Hobomok Skipper
Horace's Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Least Skipper
Little Glassywing
Long Dash
Northern Broken-Dash
Peck's Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Sleepy Duskywing
Southern Cloudywing
Tawny-edged Skipper
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Black Dash
Broad-winged Skipper
Cobweb Skipper
Columbine Duskywing
Common Branded Skipper
Common Roadside-Skipper
Common Sootywing
Crossline Skipper
Dreamy Duskywing
Dusted Skipper
Indian Skipper
Leonard's Skipper
Mottled Duskywing
Mulberry Wing
Northern Cloudywing
Pepper and Salt Skipper
Persius Duskywing Skipper Endangered in NH
Twin-spot Skipper
Two-spotted Skipper

Family: Lycaenidae
American Copper
Coral Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Frosted Elfin Endangered in NH
Karner Blue Butterfly Endangered in NH Endangered in the US
Spring Azure
Acadian Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
Bog Copper
Bog Elfin
Bronze Copper
Brown Elfin
Early Hairstreak
Eastern Pine Elfin
Edwards' Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Greenish Blue
Henry's Elfin
Hessel's Hairstreak
Hoary Elfin
Juniper Hairstreak
Melissa Blue
Silvery Blue
Striped Hairstreak
Summer Azure
Western Pine Elfin

Family: Noctuidae
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha Threatened in NH
Pine Pinion Moth Threatened in NH

Family: Nymphalidae
Monarch Butterfly
Mourning Cloak
Painted Lady Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Viceroy Butterfly
American Snout
Variegated Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Question Mark
Aphrodite Fritillary
Regal Fritillary
Atlantis Fritillary
Silver-bordered Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Arctic Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot
Harris' Checkerspot
Northern Crescent
Tawny Crescent
Baltimore
Eastern Comma
Satyr Comma
Green Comma
Gray Comma
Compton Tortoiseshell
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
American Lady
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye
Red-spotted Purple
White Admiral
Northern Pearly Eye
Eyed Brown
Appalachian Brown
Little Wood Satyr
Common Ringlet
Common Wood Nymph
Jutta Arctic
Melissa Arctic

Family: Papilionidae
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail

Family: Pieridae
Checkered White
Mustard White
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Pink-edged Sulphur
Southern Dogface
Little Yellow

Family: Saturniidae
Cecropia Moth


odonata

Family: Corduliidae
Ringed Boghaunter Dragonfly Endangered in NH


Coleoptera

Family: Cicindelidae
Cobblestone Tiger Beetle Threatened in NH

 



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