There have been 107 species of butterflies recorded in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Of these butterflies, 46 species have been found at North Park and 31 along the Sacony Trail in Kutztown, PA. Several more species are likely to occur here but have yet to be documented. This website checklist and photographic guide is based on butterfly observations and photographs at North Park and the Sacony Trail since 2018. Enjoy the photos of our local butterflies and click the links below to learn more about them.
How to Identify Butterflies
Finding Butterflies
About these Webpages
| Click on the photo thumbnails below to see additional and larger photos of each species and to learn about their seasonal occurrence. Use the back button to return to the main page or scroll up and down to see photos of other species within that group of butterflies. |
Swallowtails
Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Whites and Sulphurs
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Cloudless Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues
American Copper
Banded Hairstreak
Juniper Hairstreak
White-M Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Spring Azure
Summer Azure
Brushfoots
American Snout
Variegated Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Baltimore Checkerspot
Question Mark
Eastern Comma
Mourning Cloak
American Lady
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Red-spotted Purple
Hackberry Emperor
Tawny Emperor
Appalachian Brown
Monarch
Spread-winged Skippers
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Juvenal’s Duskywing
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Sootywing
Grass Skippers
Least Skipper
European Skipper
Sachem
Fiery Skipper
Peck’s Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Little Glassywing
Zabulon Skipper
Dun Skipper
Daytime Moths
Nessus Sphinx
Snowberry Clearwing
Hummingbird Clearwing
Orange Mint Moth
