An Annotated Checklist of the Butterflies of Athens County, Ohio

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1983-12

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Ninety-two species of butterflies are reported from Athens County, Ohio; 81 of these species for the first time. The following information is recorded for each species: abundance, habitat, collection localities, and extreme dates of capture. Eleven of these species have not been reported previously from any counties adjacent to the study area. These species are Stapbylus hayhuntii, Thymelkus lineola, Hylephtla phyleus, Papilio crespbontes, Colias cesonia, Pboebis sennae, Nathalis iole, Calephelis borealis, Libytheana bachmanii, Asterocampa clyton, and Euptycbia sosybius. A listing of 8 additional species which might be expected to occur in the county is also included.

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Author Institution: Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University

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The Ohio Journal of Science. v83, n5 (December, 1983), 262-269

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22966

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Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 83, Issue 5 (December, 1983)